IWMR III Training Series Latin America and the Caribbean 2025
Course Highlight: “Role of HP Generation Reservoirs in the Energy Transition, Sustainable Development, and Communities.
Guanacaste, Central America’s largest renewable energy cluster, generates over 40% of Costa Rica’s electricity. This region is a beacon of sustainable development, where public and private stakeholders collaborate to manage water resources for human consumption, agriculture, and more.
• Governance structure for the integrated management of water resources and the role of civil society.
• Factors skills to promote the development of new generation sources in the region, such as the role of electricity transmission systems.
• The role of the reservoir in a climate strategy to address climate vulnerability. Rehabilitation and Modernization of HP assets.
• Water nexus and other sources of generation.
• Cascade hydropower development and multiple uses of the reservoir.
• Environmental and social monitoring for responsible and sustainable use of water.
• Alert and social management systems; Communications with communities and national authorities on risk management.
• Guided technical tour of the ARDESA hydropower complex, wind farms, solar plant and Las Pailas geothermal field.
Due to current upgrades to our course registration portal, we ask those interested in participating to register using this interim registration form. Contact laura@ich.no
NOTE: This form serves as a pre-registration. A full registration will need to be completed once the application portal goes live.
We will confirm your provisional registration via email and inform you when the new registration portal is active.
