Renewable Energy Wind Turbines

When Mother Earth breaks wind, turbines generate renewable energy, supplying clean energy to thousands of Costa Rican families. This reduces both greenhouse gas emissions and the country’s reliance on fossil fuels. It also benefits the local economy by adding jobs and education. Now that’s wind power to the people. Bottom Line: Help the Los Santos Wind Power Project provide renewable clean energy to families while helping the local community.

This project is building windmills in Los Santos, one of Costa Rica’s windiest regions, to generate 12.75 MW of energy, provide electricity to 50,000 people and save 11,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year. The energy generated is sold to the government and revenues are shared by the community, funding the construction of local schools and public lighting projects. As the wind keeps blowing, the benefits keep growing.

Our planet! 11,000 tonnes of carbon pollution reduced to date is not just air!  This rural village has benefitted from new local jobs managing and repairing turbines, businesses have electricity to run with and ecotourism has boomed. People love the windmills so much, they’ve become a huge tourist attraction.

Creating Jobs, Creating Hope

Carlos owns a restaurant in Los Santos called La Paz where business has grown due to the wind energy project. Many of his customers such as Joaquin are technicians who work for the project. Joaquin loves his job and when he’s hundreds of feet in the air at the top of a turbine he says, “I see all of the greatness of Los Santos in front of me!”

Since the electricity sector in Costa Rica is highly regulated, implementing the Los Santos Wind Power Project was a huge challenge. Nonetheless, this community overcame financial and regulatory barriers to create the first Costa Rican project where financial benefits flowed directly back to the local community. Because of this model, their Cool Effect, and their desire for expansion, we’re giving their project our support.

—Sid Yadav, CEO Global Offset Research