The Reservoir Made of Wind
Uruguay rebuilt its electricity system in little more than a decade, replacing dependence on imported fuel with wind, hydro, biomass and solar. In this episode, we explore the policies, contracts and infrastructure that made the transition possible, how hydropower became a natural battery for wind, what the severe 2022–2023 drought revealed about the system, and why Uruguay’s real achievement may be less about renewable percentages than about removing energy-price volatility.
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