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Is Costa Rica a desirable market for developing solar energy projects?

About the Client
The customer wanted to get comfortable with the business environment for developing privately-owned solar projects in Costa Rica.
The Objectives
Understand the impact of current /expected regulation, policy and economic factors on smaller scale distributed generation (DG) solar in Costa Rica.
Understand how the market may develop in the future e.g. tariff structure; energy pricing; restrictions.

The Experts

Alejandro Brenes Winiker

Solar Energy | Business Planning | Entrepreneurship | English | Costa Rica | BA
San Jose, Costa Rica
Alejandro Brenes Winiker works with international organizations and private companies in a range of sectors in Latin America developing start-ups and growth companies using his expertise in Business Planning, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Renewable Energy, Strategic Consulting, and Management.

Alejandro has more than 15 years of professional working experience and he holds Bachelors degree in Economics from University of Costa Rica.

He worked with Yo Emprendedor as Strategic Advisor and Consultant to collaborate and promote the development of an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Costa Rica through the conception and execution of different initiatives.

Prior to his current work as CEO at Enertiva and Board Member at SOLGECA, Alejandro was the Analyst for Mesoamerica Investments.

Fernando Alvarado

Venture capital and project finance for renewable energy
San Jose, Costa Rica
An investment banker and an expert on venture capital and project finance of renewable energy and energy-efficiency enterprises in developing countries. Well experienced with fund management, portfolio construction, asset management, workouts and exits.
Getting advice on a niche topic in the energy space, in a country that is somewhat ‘off the radar’ was vital for our due diligence...
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