Costa Rica uses leftover pineapples and coffee as a source of clean energy

The Costa Rican government with the support of Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) and other organizations are working to develop a National Biogas Strategy using pineapple and coffee residues to transform the energy matrix.

This strategy would pave the way for the development, use and transportation of clean energy and biogas fuels, especially from sewage treatment, processing of daily solid waste, agricultural and agro-industrial waste.
The project inauguration took place on July 2 in the presence of Costa Rica Vice President Stephan Brunner, IICA Director General Manuel Otero, UNDP Deputy Resident Kifah Sasa, Transport Director General of the Ministry of Environment and Energy Alberto Antillón and Costa Rica Biogas Association President Juan Pablo Rojas.
“Costa Rica has the technological potential to produce biofuels. The alliance between the private sector and the government, with the support of an institution like IICA, gives us the opportunity to start the path to decarbonizing our heavy transport and the ability to export this type of green energy to other countries,” Brunner said.