Although this year will go down in history as one of the wettest in recent decades, this did not favor the generation of electricity with hydroelectric plants.

By contrast, in 2010 increased the production of energy fuels, which will result in higher rates for electric service users.

According to figures from the Aresep, the fuel-based generation increased by 49% from January to November this year, compared to the same period in 2009.

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The first shipment of bunker fuel thermal generation plant Garabito, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), arrived on Thursday to Port Caldera, Puntarenas.

The discharge of the vessel Port Louis began the same Thursday and will run until tomorrow.

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SAN JOSE ACAN-EFE. Costa Rica was chosen by Mitsubishi Motors of Japan to launch in America next February, the iMiEV, his first electric car, the company announced yesterday.

According to Mitsubishi, the car, which will arrive here before to USA., Has "great power" and was developed "after 40 years of technological research."

The iMiEV is a 100% electric car with zero emissions of CO2, which uses a lithium battery instead of the traditional lead and reaches a speed of 130 kilometers per hour.

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The Government's proposal to create a legal framework for the opening of the national electricity market is the most important of the 32 projects submitted to the deputies to handled in special sessions, which begin today and end on 30 April.

The Executive seeks to exploit the space in which it can dominate the legislative agenda to push for a priority project "indisputable", as described yesterday by Minister of the Presidency, Marco Vargas, a news conference.

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