Friday, July 14, 2017

Costa Rica: Costa Rica names Miravalles field after geothermal pioneer Dr. Manieri Protti

Reported last week in Costa Rica, the country’s national utility company Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) has announced the decision to name Campo Miravalles in the province of Guanacaste in honour of the pioneer of geothermal energy in Costa Rica.

The change was implemented last Friday, in an act in the geothermal field, with presence of his relatives and his former colleagues.

Dr. Mainieri Protti led geothermal research in Costa Rica since the 1970s, which allowed the development of the geothermal projects Miravalles I, II, III, IV and V; Las Pailas I and II, as well as the future Borinquen I and II geothermal plants. Read More.....