Tag: fuel
The Impact of World Petroleum Prices for Costa Rica
In Costa Rica, the oil bill is considered a never-ending issue since, for many ones, it is the cause of affecting their pockets every...
Kids Won A Major Victory For Climate Change
While most of the news these days is about the recent American election, there was some good news coming out of the United States...
Japan Has More Car Charging Stations Than Gas Stations
Japanese car manufacturer Nissan announced the results of a survey that revealed there are over 40,000 electric car charging stations, surpassing the 34,000 gas...
Draft law to support electric vehicles and clean energy
Costa Rica started the movement toward vehicle renovation to become a country that incentivizes the use of electric vehicles and clean energy. A preliminary study revealed...
Learn why fuel is so expensive in Costa Rica
Have you ever wondered where the thousands of millions of colones go that drivers spend every day on each liter of fuel? It is common to...
Franklin Chang Pursues Pineapple Fuel Project
A project to generate hydrogen from pineapple waste headed by astronaut Franklin Chang is pending with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MICITT), but...
Chang Holds Press Conference Regarding His Break With Recope for the Costa Rica Hydrogen...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - On Wednesday, Dr. Franklin Chang announced that his company Ad Astra Rocket was ending their relationship with the...
Costa Rica Will Have Hydrogen Powered Cars in the Country by 2018
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Within three years, the Costa Rican company Purdy Motor will bring the first hydrogen operated vehicles into the...
Savings Alert! Big Drop in Fuel Prices Expected Next Week Will Also Lower Costa...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Car and motorcycle owners can look forward to a big discount in the price of gas next week:...
Tire Giant Bridgestone has Grand Opening for Costa Rican Plant That Runs on Biomass
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - A boiler that uses biomass will reduce daily fuel consumption by 50 percent for the multinational company Bridgestone to produce...
International Report Finds Costa Rica is 20% More Expensive Than the Rest of Latin...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The 20th Annual State of the Nation Report revealed that the cost of living and doing business in...
Costa Rica Will See a Drop in Fuel Prices in November
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The price per liter of gasoline will drop thanks to a calculation by the Regulatory Authority for Public...
ARESEP Approves a 3.7% Tariff Increase for ICE Customers
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Aresep) approved a 3.7% increase in electricity rates for customers of the...
Watch for Costa Rica Propane and Gasoline Increases Starting Today
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Unfortunately, the price of fuel is going up. The increase reflects the update on a fuel tax through...
Costa Ricans Can Look Forward to a 30 Colones Drop in the Price of...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Aresep) approved a rebate of ¢36 per liter for premium gasoline and...
New ‘Green’ Loan Allows Ticos to Make Environmentally Friendly Upgrades
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The People's Bank and Community Development are offering a new loan for converting homes and businesses to increase...
September Could Hold Good News for Costa Rica Gas Prices
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Plus and super gasoline could drop to 30 colones per liter in the month of September, according to...
Consumers Beware! Costa Rica Electricity Prices Not Expected to Drop Anytime Soon
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Achieving a reduction in electricity rates will not be effective in the short term, at least that´s what...
Sustainable Exports are Key to the Future of Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – International consumers who buy Costa Rican products are increasingly aware of the environmental impact of their lifestyles.
These days...
Big Energy Users in Costa Rica are Outraged They Will Pay More Over the...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The decision of the government of the Republic not to proceed with a reduction in the price of...
Costa Rica Gas Prices Will See Yet Another Increase This Week
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Aresep) approved an increase in fuel prices up to 29 ¢ which...
Costa Rican Day Trips are an Unbeatable Deal for Domestic Tourism
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Day and weekend trips are preferred by Costa Ricans for the holidays for two main reasons: economy and...
Costa Rica Gas Prices Hitting All-Time High
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Aresep) is implementing a rise in the price of fuel of 29...
Costa Rican Fuel Prices Rise to Similar Rates from the 2012 Economic Crisis
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Again, for the third time so far this month an increase in fuel price is occurring this week,...
RECOPE Pays Out Millions for Contaminated Fuel Damages
Costa Rica News - The initial estimate of claims from people for damages to their vehicles from gasoline affected by the component containing manganese...
Americans are flocking to Costa Rica for stem cell treatments
By Alex Leff
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Dr. Orlando Morales is something of a celebrity at Costa Rica's University of Medical Science, sauntering through...
Capstone Turbine Names EXI – Electromec Costa Rican Distributor
CHATSWORTH, Calif., Aug. 12, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, recently...
CO2 emissions with Google Earth
A team of US scientists led by Purdue University unveiled an interactive Google Earth map on Thursday showing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels...
Conscientious Tourism: Costa Rican vanilla crop failure opens a window of opportunity
Costa Rica has been living through an unprecedented tourism boom that is rapidly transforming the small Central American country. More than two million tourists...
First Biodiesel Trans-Continental Jet Flight
ERIE, PA – Leading the way in the biodiesel industry, Lake Erie Biofuels, LLC has made history with co-sponsoring the first ever biodiesel trans-continental...
Antarctica’s Hidden Depths to be Explored
An international team of researchers plans to head to Antarctica later this year to begin a four-year project exploring some of the last uncharted...
Seed Farming for Jatropha May be Banned
Cultivation of jatropha, a plant used to produce environmentally-friendly biofuels, using seeds may be banned under a proposal being considered by the government because...
