Huge $2.6 billion green hydrogen project planned for Europe

December 21, 2021

Iberdrola, a Spanish power company and Sweden’s H2 Green Steel partner to finance a $2.6 billion project to develop a green hydrogen facility with an electrolysis capacity of 1 gigawatt on the Iberian Peninsula. Iberdrola will provide the green hydrogen and H2 Green Steel will use the facility to produce roughly 2 million tons of […]

Costa Rica to take advantage of electricity surplus to develop green hydrogen

December 21, 2021

The Government of Costa Rica plans to tap into into the surplus resources in the National Electric System (SEN) in an effort to move towards the development a green hydrogen economy and decarbonization. One of the key objectives in the initiative is to create a hydrogen promotion plan by establishing guidelines for the development of […]

AES Brasil to invest in a green hydrogen plant in Ceará

December 20, 2021

The Government of Ceará in Brazil recently signed an MOU with AES Brazil that aims to increase investments in the state’s green hydrogen sector. The MOU was the 14th signed by Ceará in this rapidly emerging market, and will lead to the construction of a green hydrogen production plant in the Pecem industrial and port […]

MPC Energy Solutions and Leclanché form strategic collaboration for utility-scale energy storage solutions in St. Kitts and Nevis

December 20, 2021

MPC Energy Solutions (MPCES) has partnered with Leclanché, one of the world’s leading energy storage companies, publicly listed in Switzerland (SIX: LECN), to build the previously announced 35.7 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) and 18.2 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project designed with Leclanché Energy Management Software (L-EMS) in St. Kitts’ Basseterre Valley, next to […]

Panama ranked as one of the most attractive markets in the Americas for energy transition investments

December 20, 2021

Panama has officially ranked fifth as the most attractive market for investment in the energy transition among the countries in the Americas, according to the Climatescope 2021 report released by Bloomeberg New Energy Finance. The report highlights the transition for transportation policies as one of the three pillars of emerging markets for investors to look […]

U.S. firm Eagle LNG signs deal to set up Aruba receiving terminal

December 20, 2021

U.S. firm Eagle LNG Partners signed a long-term contract to set up a $100-million liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving and regasification terminal in Aruba with domestic power and water utility WEB Aruba, the companies said. The Aruba LNG terminal, located at Refineria di Aruba, the site of an idled refinery in the city of San […]

CAF to use $7 billion capitalization for recovery, renewables in Latin America

December 20, 2021

CAF, the Development Bank of Latin America, will use $7 billion in planned equity capitalization to back economic recovery and renewable energy development in the region. CAF president Sergio Diaz-Granados says he wants CAF to be the green bank of the region, stating, “the bank is not just for sustainable reactivation, but is thinking of […]

Planning for CREF 2022: Health & Safety

December 10, 2021

All in-person CREF 2022 attendees must be fully vaccinated to participate. Full vaccination is defined as two shots of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccine and one shot of the Johnson & Johnson product (or a comparably approved vaccine if you are an international attendee). All CREF 2022 must be prepared to show proof of […]

CREF 2022 will return to Miami as an in-person event in 2022

December 10, 2021

The Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) is officially returning to an in-person format in Miami in 2022, marking the comeback of the largest clean energy conference for the region. Held from April 26th through the 28th, CREF 2022 will follow the CDC’s coronavirus safety guidelines, along with state and local guidelines for Florida and the […]