Climate Quickie: How Uruguay shifted its energy sources to 98% renewable

Climate success story alert! Fifteen years ago, Uruguay was experiencing an energy crisis; today, the nation produces 98 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. That’s thanks to the work of just energy transition leader, Ramón Méndez Galain and his team, a former particle physicist who charted the country’s transition to renewables as head of the country’s National Energy Agency. Ramón joins us to share how he did it, and how you can, too. This episode was recorded at TED Countdown Summit 2023.<br /><br />Follow Climate Curious:<br />Newsletter<br />Instagram<br />Twitter<br />LinkedIn<br />FacebookSuggest a topic you’d like Climate Curious to cover