Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: Promoting Clean Energy

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SAN JOSE, Jul 28 2002 (IPS) - Central America could cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 200,000 tons in the next 10 years through a plan encouraging the use of renewable energy sources, financed by the Global Environment Fund and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The project “Strengthening renewable energy capacity for Central America” has backed 21 initiatives for clean production of electricity, such as solar panels, small hydroelectric dams and the combustion of farm waste, in the seven countries of the region.

Launched with the backing of the Biomass Users Network, the program is in the phase of result analysis.