Costa Rica. Panasonic established a large solar system project in Latin America and the largest in Costa Rica, delivering 5MW and consisting of 15,456 HIT (Intrinsic Thin Layer Heterojunction) panels.
It is located in Juanilama, in Belen de Carrillo, Santa Cruz, in the province of Guanacaste, north of the Pacific. The project is for the distribution of energy of the Coopeguanacaste Company, R.L.
This project was implemented through a bilateral agreement between the government of Japan and Costa Rica, called the "Joint Credit Facility" (JCM), which promotes the fight against climate change through the application of clean technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It can generate 9 GWH of energy per year, it can also archive a reduction of around 1,500 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per year, which is equivalent to planting 5,350 trees. It means that it is a great contribution to the environment and to the country's goal of reducing its carbon footprint; therefore, it is a step forward to achieve the results of environmental objectives.
This project was achieved through the MGM Sustainable Energy Fund (MSEF), a private equity fund that promotes energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Latin America.
Miguel Ángel Gómez Corea, General Manager of Coopeguanacaste RL mentioned that this project is extremely important for them because through it, they will contribute to the country's national plan, called "Plan País", to achieve carbon neutrality and will make it possible to collaborate with the efforts to diversify the energy sources of the energy matrix of the country with renewable resources.
