Chile: Engie to invest $450m to develop 400 MW solar

December 20, 2016

The French utility Engie SA – with Solairedirect SA – plans to invest about $450 million to develop 400 megawatts of solar power in Chile’s north and central regions, where transmission lines are available, said Laurent Furedi, chief of strategy at Engie Latin America. Engie acquired Solairedirect SA for about $220 million in 2015 as part […]

St. Kitts: Geothermal potential could be 37 MW

December 19, 2016

After a year of exploration, St. Kitts geothermal developer estimates potential between 18 and 37 MW. Minister of Energy, Honourable Ian Patches Liburd said that developer, Teranov who in September 2015 joined forces with the government of St. Kitts to assess geothermal potential on the island, had found positive prospects for the resource. “I am happy […]

Five-in-five: Chris McCormick, Geothermal Development Facility for Latin America

December 19, 2016

New Energy Events 5 in 5 | Interview with Chris McCormick from New Energy Events on Vimeo. New Energy Events interview series, Five-in-Five, features concise and incisive interviews with leading industry players. We’ll be putting five market-critical questions to each of our interviewees over the course of a highly digestible five minute segment. This week, New Energy Events […]

Cayman: renewables could meet 60 MW capacity need

December 16, 2016

In a public meeting this week in Cayman, The Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) revealed it expects to add up to another 60 megawatts of power to the current 100 MW it produces now. The capacity additions will likely come from wind, solar, and waste-to-energy, with ocean thermal also on the table. CUC and consultants from […]

Belize: PPA signed for 16 MW biomass plant

December 16, 2016

Belize is getting a 16 MW biomass plant in a recent PPA signed between S.S. Energy Ltd. (SSEL) and Belize Electricity Limited. SSEL, a subsidiary of The Santander Sugar Group, will utilize bagasse, the bi-product of sugar cane, as a renewable power generation source. The energy produced by bagasse at The Santander Sugar Mill will be […]

Brazil cancels only wind and solar auction of the year

December 15, 2016

Brazil’s Ministry of Energy and Mines has cancelled the wind and solar auction scheduled for Dec 19 due to oversupply, says a spokesman from MEM. In a previous solar and wind auction in July, the MEM postponed the solar auction to December, but solar and wind have both been effectively removed, making this the first […]

Chile: Abengoa’s PV/CSP hybrid plant resumes progress

December 15, 2016

Chile’s round-the-clock solar power project is back on, reports BN Americas. The Atacama 1 plant will use 100 MW PV and 110 MW of Concentrating Solar Power – which has the capacity to store heat and provide energy even when the sun doesn’t shine. The project will be connected the Chile’s northern SING power grid, […]

Guide Towards a Sustainable Energy Future for the Americas

December 15, 2016

Last week in Mexico City, The Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) gathered to present findings from their newly released book, Guide Towards a Sustainable Energy Future for the Americas. While the publication takes a granular look at clean energy challenges and opportunities in the region, short case studies highlighting topics such as “The […]

Dominican Republic: Proposal to ease renewable energy financing

December 14, 2016

The Ministry of Energy and Mines supported the Monetary Board proposed changes to regulations that would improve renewable energy projects access to bank lending. On December 8, 2016, the Monetary Board presented the proposed amendments to the regulations, which state that renewable energy equipment, including PV panels, wind turbines, biomass gasifiers, and others are classified as […]