Chile: Santiago airport is set to be the first in the region to use hydrogen as fuel

October 26, 2021

Both the Chilean Ministry of Energy and Mining and Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport announced their plans to evaluate initiatives and projects that would promote the use of green hydrogen in aircraft operating in the country’s capital. It becomes the first airport to use this technology in Latin America.   Source

U.S. lawmakers demand answers from LUMA Energy regarding Puerto Rico’s failing electric grid

October 18, 2021

House Democrats in a Friday letter asked the head of Puerto Rico’s electric utility, LUMA Energy, for additional details on staffing levels, expenditures, executive compensation and a stretch of power outages that have occurred since the company took over grid operations from the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) this summer. Source

The battle for solar power in Puerto Rico

October 18, 2021

Campaigners say rooftop solar and storage system should be rolled out more widely to tackle Puerto Rico’s energy crisis and the global climate emergency – both of which are exacerbating racialized health inequalities, as reported by The Guardian.   Source

What the Caribbean Needs from COP26

October 14, 2021

Nowhere in the world needs COP26 to deliver more than the Caribbean. As the effects of climate change accelerate, New Energy asked key figures from across the region to tell us what they hope for, and what the international community needs to do to support the bid for resilience and the energy transition in the […]

Financing pipeline for Caribbean solar projects

October 14, 2021

Soleco Energy looks to secure US$25mn (syndicated amount US$11.1mn, financing amount US$13.9mn) for a portfolio of distributed generation assets in Jamaica for a combined 11.25MWp which will be contracted with commercial and industrial clients through long-term lease contracts in a first phase, as reported by BNA Americas. Source

Green hydrogen production to drive Latin America and the Caribbean’s green energy agenda with effective policy intervention

October 14, 2021

GlobalData’s latest report, ‘Latin America and the Caribbean Hydrogen Market’, notes that an abundance of renewable and biomass resources in the LAC region could allow for low-cost green hydrogen production, with Chile expected to produce the world’s cheapest green hydrogen in its southern regions by 2030. The report highlights that the main barrier to the […]

Caribbean countries to benefit from new IDB energy initiative to be announced at COP26

October 14, 2021

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it will create a financing instrument dedicated to expanding energy access, supporting energy transition, and protecting the climate in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).The financing instrument, which will be formally announced at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) to be held in Glasgow next month, will be managed […]

IDB and Jamaica launch plan to electrify vehicles

October 14, 2021

The Inter-American Development Bank and the Jamaican government will partner to accelerate the use of electric vehicles through an ambitious initiative that includes funding an electric mobility ecosystem and technical assistance and training for battery electric technologies (BEVs).   Source

20 geothermal projects on the agenda in Peru

October 14, 2021

Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines filed 20 authorization requests for the development of geothermal projects, especially in the south, Brendan Oviedo, president of the Peruvian Renewable Energy Association (SPR), told outlet Gestión. Source