Costa Rica 5g base station hydrogen power supplier

The high potential for renewable energy in the country – Costa Rica has produced more than 98% of its electricity in the last six years through renewables – implies there is a clear opportunity for green hydrogen production to accelerate Costa Rica's trajectory towards net-zero in hard-to-abate sectors.

“Costa Rica is emerging as a key player in the global hydrogen value chain,” he said. “The collaboration will help both countries achieve their climate goals while promoting international trade and supply chains,” said Canadian association president Mark Kirby.

Secure your free spot! Standalone 5G is coming to Central America with the help of rival Nordic cellular vendors. Ericsson just signed a deal with operator Liberty to deploy a pure 5G standalone core in Costa Rica, which the Swedish vendor claims as a first for Central America — although that's debatable.

The availability of green hydrogen as well as financial instruments and an enabling policy framework will facilitate the use of green hydrogen for various – primarily domestic – applications in industry (metallurgy, cement, glass), and agriculture (sugar, coffee), helping decarbonise Costa Rica's economy.

Although this deal is new, Ericsson has been Liberty's core supplier for a while. “Ericsson has been the sole supplier of their core network,” noted Bolan. Ericsson announces a Liberty 5G SA deal in Costa Rica, where Nokia previously announced a similar deal with rival RACSA.

“We expect about a dozen more 5G SA networks to launch in 2025, including AT&T and Verizon,” Dell'Oro research director Dave Bolan told Fierce in January this year. While Ericsson claims that the Liberty deal is the first in Central America, Dell'Oro lists rival Costa Rican operator RACSA as a 2024 launch.