{"id":28866,"date":"2023-10-03T20:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T03:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=28866"},"modified":"2023-10-03T20:29:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T03:29:04","slug":"this-country-runs-on-98-percent-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/03\/this-country-runs-on-98-percent-renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS COUNTRY RUNS ON 98 PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-block-embed-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ram\u00f3n M\u00e9ndez Galain: This country runs on 98 percent renewable energy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/ramon_mendez_galain_this_country_runs_on_98_percent_renewable_energy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ram\u00f3n M\u00e9ndez Galain&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TED Countdown Summit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 July 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fifteen years ago, Uruguay was experiencing an energy crisis brought on by its reliance on fossil fuels; today, the nation produces 98 percent of its electricity from renewable sources (and even exports extra energy to neighboring countries). How did they turn things around so quickly? Uruguay\u2019s former secretary of energy, Ram\u00f3n M\u00e9ndez Galain, explains how they pulled off this unprecedented shift \u2014 and shares how any other country can do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the speaker<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/ramon_mendez_galain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/ramon_mendez_galain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/ramon_mendez_galain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ram\u00f3n M\u00e9ndez Galain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/ramon_mendez_galain\">Just energy transition leader<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/ramon_mendez_galain\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See speaker profile<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Green energy visionary Ram\u00f3n M\u00e9ndez Galain is showing that powering an entire nation on clean energy is more than just a pipe dream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ram\u00f3n M\u00e9ndez Galain&nbsp;| TED Countdown Summit \u2022 July 2023 Fifteen years ago, Uruguay was experiencing an energy crisis brought on by its reliance on fossil fuels; today, the nation produces 98 percent of its electricity from renewable sources (and even exports extra energy to neighboring countries). How did they turn&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/03\/this-country-runs-on-98-percent-renewable-energy\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1158,1157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28866"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28867,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28866\/revisions\/28867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}