He got an entire country running on clean energy. Can he do it again? Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonize its grid in just five years, with 98 percent of its energy coming from renewables | Spyke

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He got an entire country running on clean energy. Can he do it again? Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonize its grid in just five years, with 98 percent of its energy coming from renewables

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/09/19/uruguay-renewable-energy-climate-breakthrough/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU4NDI3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU5ODA5NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTg0MjcyMDAsImp0aSI6IjNkMzk3NjkxLTM1MGEtNGU1My05MGQwLTA1OWI2YmFmMzAzZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLXNvbHV0aW9ucy8yMDI1LzA5LzE5L3VydWd1YXktcmVuZXdhYmxlLWVuZXJneS1jbGltYXRlLWJyZWFrdGhyb3VnaC8ifQ.tOfmNDk72yPBaLDZ6K5tjnI3AzAYvjNF6XjCoMYs7d4Open link View original on slrpnk.net

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sh.itjust.works

That's so cool. Here in Canada, they are making net metering harder... Ugh

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they started with >50% hydro ( even 100% in early 2000 + import). Still nice.

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I’ve thought about moving to Uruguay.

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He got an entire country running on clean energy. Can he do it again? Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonize its grid in just five years, with 98 percent of its energy coming from renewables | Spyke