150+ Participants Convene in Panama for Inaugural CAMRIS

157 participants from 23 countries joined New Energy Events and our co-hosts from CABEI and the IDB for the inaugural Central American Renewables Investment Summit (CAMRIS). With a very high turnout from finance providers – multilaterals, private equity firms and commercial banks – one of the themes which emerged was the abundance of capital which is seeking to deploy. Bankability, and not the availability of capital, is the critical issue in the region. Elsewhere, investment roadshows presented by government officials from every country in the region, including Mexico and Colombia, underscored that as we look forward there will be a substantial pipeline of projects to finance; pan-regionally, national targets for renewable penetration are high and intermittents are in favor.
Dates for CAMRIS 2016 will be announced shortly. In the meantime we would like to thank our speakers, our partners and sponsors – and in particular, CABEI, the IDB, SunEdison and Celsia – and our delegates who made the leap of faith and joined us in our first year.
To view the full agenda, please click here.

Presentations, which are arranged on a session-by-session basis, can be accessed below:

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BILATERAL & MULTILATERAL FINANCING WORKSHOP

Private Sector Workshop

Jean-Marc Aboussouan, Division Chief, Infrastructure and Energy, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – Presentation

Eduardo Cuevas, Country Head, Guatemala and El Salvador, International Finance Corporation (IFC) – Presentation

Paul Centeno Lappas, Regional Head, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, Proparco – Presentation

Brian O’Hanlon, Director of Business Development, Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development – Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) – Presentation

Robert Voskuilen, Senior Investment Officer, Energy, Latin America, Southern & East Africa, FMO (Netherlands Development Finance Company) – Presentation

Gunter Fischer, Senior Investment Officer, Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF) – Presentation

Public Sector Workshop

Otto Gutiérrez, Private Sector and Credit Lines Facilities Coordinator, Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) – Presentation

Katsuhiko Shino, Deputy Representative, JICA Nicaragua, Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) – Presentation

SIEPAC: A REGIONAL DRIVER FOR RENEWABLES DEVELOPMENT?

Mario Cerna, Senior Energy Specialist, Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) (Panel Chair) – Presentation

HOST COUNTRY INVESTMENT ROADSHOW – PANAMA

Fernando Díaz G. de P., Eng., Director of Electricity, National Energy Secretariat – Panama – Presentation

Iván Barría Mock, General Manager, Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica, S.A. (ETESA) – Presentation

Moisés Cano, Head of Wholesale Electricity Division, National Public Services Authority (ASEP) – Presentation

PROJECT SPONSORS: A NEW ERA OF SOPHISTICATION

Jay Gallegos, CEO, Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy – Presentation

FINANCING CENTRAL AMERICAN RENEWABLES AND CATALYZING INVESTMENT

Ben Moody, President & CEO, Pan American Finance (PAF) – Presentation

ENERGY STORAGE AND THE FUTURE OF CENTRAL AMERICAN GRID STABILITY

Bruce Tsuchida, Principal, The Brattle Group – Presentation

Julio Diaz Cohen, Commercial Risk and Planning Director for MCAC SBU (Mexico, Central American & Caribbean), AES Energy Storage – Presentation 

NICARAGUA ROADSHOW

Jaime Muñoz, Vice President, Renewables Association of Nicaragua; Director, Asofenix – Presentation

EL SALVADOR ROADSHOW

Luis Roberto Reyes Fabian, Executive Secretary, National Energy Commission – Presentation

Emmanuel Pujol, Director General, Central America & Mexico, Neoen – Presentation

Oscar Rafael Funes Engelhard, President, Asociación Salvadoreña de Energías Renovables (ASER) – Presentation

GUATEMALA ROADSHOW

Silvia Alvarado de Córdoba, Director, National Commission of Electric Energy of Guatemala – Presentation

Fernando Arévalo, Director of Renewables, Ministry of Energy & Mines of Guatemala – Presentation

COSTA RICA ROADSHOW

Laura Lizano, Director of the Energy Sector, Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica – Presentation

Hernán Diaz Del Castillo Fernández, Head of Structured Finance, Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (BICSA) – Presentation

HONDURAS ROADSHOW

Oscar Enrique Kafati, Member of the Board of Directors, Asociación Hondureña de Productores de Energía Renovable (AHPER) – Presentation