Uruguay has been widely praised for its pivot to green energy – a shift which was led by its former Energy Secretary, Ramon Mendez Galain. ⁣ ⁣ Here he tells CGTN how that forward thinking has insulated his country against global macroeconomic forces – such as war-disrupted energy supplies.⁣ ⁣ Today in Uruguay, almost all the electricity is produced using free energy like sun, wind, water, biomass waste. ⁣ ⁣ So we absolutely have had no impact at all, of what is happening in the world, not only this, but in general, all kinds of geopolitical effects. ⁣ ⁣ “We have a stable price of electricity,” he says. ⁣ ⁣ “We have no affordability [issues], no security of supply [concerns]. And this is perhaps one of the most interesting lessons learned for Global South countries.”⁣ ⁣ #energy #Uruguay #green #renewable⁣