Barbados PM says Caribbean is open to business

November 28, 2015

Prime Minister of Barbados and Caricom Chairman Freundel Stuart urges Commonwealth members to invest in the Caribbean community. At an address at the Common Wealth Business Forum, Minister Freunel said, “There are the new and emerging opportunities in respect of agriculture and agribusiness, tourism (health and wellness), renewable energy and business/ICT-related services, and cultural industries. […]

56% of LAC energy from clean sources, says Climatescope

November 27, 2015

According to Climatescope, an index that measures clean energy in 55 emerging nations, clean energy capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean has nearly doubled in the last three years. 56% of the LAC energy now comes from clean sources. According to Michael Hofmann, green growth expert at the Multilateral Investment Fund, growth is driven by […]

Costa Rica inaugurates 50-MW hydroelectric plant

November 26, 2015

A new 50-MW hydroelectric plant in Costa Rica will reprocess water discharged from two existing hydropower plants. According to Salvador Gabarro of Gas Natural Fenosa, the company that won the bid to from the ICE to develop the project in 2008, “This power plant represents the efforts of our energy group to bring continuity to […]

Solar in Barbados – Capacity Set to Double in 2016

November 25, 2015

Over the past two years, the capacity of solar in Barbados has increased five times — from 1.6 MW in 2013 to over 9MW in 2015. Barbados’ solar capacity will double in size in 2016 when Canadian-based Emera completes the installation of a 10MW utility-scale system. The completion of this project will move Barbados several steps […]

389 MW of solar installs in Honduras in 2015

November 24, 2015

According to a report by the National Electric Energy Company, 398 MW of solar power has been installed in Honduras thus far in 2015. An additional 161 MW are scheduled to be installed for the start of 2016. Though less than 1 MW of solar was installed in 2014, Honduras has now become the second biggest […]

Against the odds, Caribbean doubles down for 1.5-degree deal in Paris

November 24, 2015

In the lead-up to COP21, negotiators from 15 Caribbean nations are working to strike a deal to keep the global temperature rise at 1.5 degrees. Across the Caribbean, the “1.5 to Stay Alive” campaign has spread in response to the fear that the PetroCaribe agreement will put the discussions at risk. Though PetroCaribe could prevent […]

Webinar on the new Sustainable Energy Marketplace for Latin America and the Caribbean

November 24, 2015

A new program through the International Renewable Energy Agency and the Inter-American Development will soon make grant funding available to anyone who is involved in developing, financing or maintaining sustainable energy projects in Latin America and the Caribbean through the Sustainable Energy Marketplace. A webinar on the Sustainable Energy Marketplace will take place at 9 […]

Latin American & Caribbean countries rank high in clean energy investment attraction

November 23, 2015

Latin American countries earned four of the top ten spots in Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s raking of clean energy investment attraction in emerging economies. In the past year, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay have attracted nearly $20 billion in clean-energy investments. On the whole, the region also accounted for 14 of the top 30 countries. Of […]

Protected: GEOLAC 2015 Presentations

November 23, 2015

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