OPORTUNIDADES Y DESAFÍOS DEL SECTOR ENERGÉTICO EN AMÉRICA CENTRAL
Opportunities and challenges of the energy sector in Central America

Some reflections on the Reventazón (Costa Rica) and the Barro Blanco (Panama) hydroelectric plants

Author(s): José Rodrigo Rojas M., Katarzyna Dembicz
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Environmental Geography
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: hydroelectric plants; SIEPAC; Barro Blanco; Reventazón
Summary/Abstract: Central America over the last century has experienced a profound transformation of the energy sector, choosing to develop electricity production based on renewable sources. This policy led to the diversification of sources, to a process of regional integration in order to strengthen the electrical grid system, but also to construct large hydroelectric plants, which are not indifferent to the society and environment. Using two different cases (Reventazón and Barro Blanco hydropower plants), the authors of this chapter will show the effects of the construction of these mega infrastructures, making references to the Central American reality and the challenges faced by the countries of this region.

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