alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoEcuador Goes Dark in a Power Crisis That Punishes Economywww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down12
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkEcuador Goes Dark in a Power Crisis That Punishes Economywww.bloomberg.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareSeikoAlpinist@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·23 days agoThere is an ongoing drought in the high Andes. Quito and other areas are reliant on hydroelectric power. They have to balance between hydroelectric power and drinking water. This is affecting Bogota to the north as well. Quito is generally ideal for solar power solutions but it hasn’t happened at scale for whatever reason.
There is an ongoing drought in the high Andes. Quito and other areas are reliant on hydroelectric power.
They have to balance between hydroelectric power and drinking water.
This is affecting Bogota to the north as well.
Quito is generally ideal for solar power solutions but it hasn’t happened at scale for whatever reason.