Suriname announces LED streetlight program, to be funded with $30m CDB loan

February 13, 2018

Suriname will embark on a project to replace its existing high pressure sodium streetlights with high efficiency light-emitting diode (LED) systems. The replacement of the approximately 40,000 streetlights is expected to reduce energy consumption and costs as well as associated greenhouse gas emissions. The Caribbean Development BAnk (CDB) approved a $30m loan to fund the […]

Solar warehouse opens in Puerto Rico

February 13, 2018

After two decades in Puerto Rico, solar company altE is now operating a local warehouse in Puerto Rico in an effort to reduce the time to deliver solar equipment to island residents and solar installers from weeks to sometimes only hours. The warehouse facility on the island allows altE to handle the shipping logistics and […]

Progress for ocean thermal USVI pilot project

February 13, 2018

Ocean Thermal Energy Corp, or OTE, has finished the first draft of the master plan for a renewables-powered EcoVillage in the US Virgin Islands. Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based OTE designs and develops deep-water hydrothermal clean energy systems that generate renewable power through Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). The company has clearance to build an OTEC pilot project on […]

Panama building first large-scale residential solar installation

February 13, 2018

A joint project between Colombia energy company, Celsia, and Real Estate Group Provivienda will bring solar PV to 350 homes at La Hacienda, in Panamá Oeste, Panama. This residential complex, as a whole, will avoid the emission of 188 tons of carbon dioxide per year and will benefit from representative energy savings. Celsia and Grupo Provivienda will […]

President of Puerto Rico Energy Commission Confirms for PR-GRID

February 5, 2018

José H. Román Morales, the President of the Puerto Rico Energy Commission (PREC), has confirmed his participation in PR-GRID. Given the fiscal uncertainty in Puerto Rico, and given efforts to attract international investment to the process of grid reconstruction, the role of PR’s regulator is particularly critical at this juncture. Mr. Morales will speak to […]

New Energy Events & PRMA Announce Joint Venture to Host PR-GRID

February 5, 2018

New Energy Events LLC, the hosts of the annual Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF), and the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association (PRMA), the largest and most influential association representing the interests of Puerto Rico’s private sector, are pleased to announce a joint venture to host the Puerto Rico Grid Revitalization & Investment Forum (PR-GRID) in San […]

Caribbean Renewable Energy: Five Projects We’re Watching in 2018

From our Editorial Team

February 1, 2018

St. Lucia solar project site, Image credit: Rocky Mountain Institute The market for renewables in the Caribbean is taking off. Why? Utilities are leading the charge, new pots of grant funding and low-cost capital are easing financial barriers, batteries are coming online to mitigate increased intermittency, and renewables are in many cases cheaper than the alternative. The […]