June 2021 - Page 2 of 4 - New Energy Events

Trammo, AustriaEnergy and Oekowind Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Exclusive Green Ammonia & Green Hydrogen Offtake in Chile
June 18, 2021
Trammo DMCC, a subsidiary of Trammo, Inc., a leading global commodities merchandising and trading company, and ASOE Chile Diez SpA, a company owned by AustriaEnergy Group which manages renewable projects from development through construction and operation, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for an exclusive green ammonia offtake of the entire output of a green hydrogen/green […]
Puerto Rico Energy Bureau OKs $1.2B in electrical infrastructure projects
June 18, 2021
The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau has approved $1.2 billion to be used for all electrical infrastructure projects included in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) 10-year infrastructure plan. Source
Creating a Market for Hydrogen: Industrial Clusters
June 17, 2021
Co-locating production alongside infrastructure and potential end-users is a natural fit for hydrogen. We gathered leaders to explore the following topics at the 1st Hydrogen Congress for Latin America & the Caribbean (H2LAC 2021) in April: Are we already seeing planning for this in Latin America and the Caribbean? If so, where and with what […]
Dominican Republic inaugurates 120 megawatt solar energy park
June 17, 2021
President Luis Abinader inaugurated the largest renewable energy park in the Antilles and another act, the Duarte highway kilometer 58, both works in the province of San Cristóbal. The president’s plan began in Yaguate with the inauguration of the Girasol Solar Park of the electric generation company EGE Haina, built for 100 million US dollars. […]
Hard-hit by COVID-19, Latin America seen skimping on climate cash
June 15, 2021
Latin America is investing too little in a green economic recovery from COVID-19, with only 2% of the region’s stimulus funds being spent on projects that help fight climate change, new data from Oxford University showed. Last year, 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations allocated $318 billion to fiscal and stimulus measures, but the tiny […]
Threatened Caribbean coral reefs get a new ally: the insurance industry
June 15, 2021
As climate change threatens coral reefs around the world, conservation experts in Latin America have enlisted an unlikely ally to try to preserve them: the insurance industry. Source
The Caribbean Sea faces dual threat of climate change and overfishing
June 15, 2021
The Caribbean Sea’s blue economy, touted as a sustainable solution to the region’s concerns, could be the Caribbean’s last hope. Global Voices produced an analysis of the region’s marine environment faces a long list of challenges. Source
NeoEnergia and Brazil’s Pernambuco state government enter into MOU for the production of green hydrogen
June 15, 2021
Neoenergia and Brazil’s Pernambuco State Government signed today (6/10) a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build cooperation for the development of a pilot project for green hydrogen production at the Suape Port – Complexo Industrial Portuário Governador Eraldo Gueiros. The initiative expects to find opportunities to enable demand for the product and prepare Suape Port […]
SDG Index 2021: How did Caribbean countries perform?
June 15, 2021
Released annually, the Sustainable Development Report is a key resource for tracking countries’ progress towards achievement of the SDGs which are part of the 2030 Agenda for Development agreed to by UN Member States, including those in the Caribbean, in 2015. For those Caribbean countries ranked, Cuba was the highest with a rank of 49 […]