The organizers of DR-GRID are pleased to announce that Angel Canó, Executive Director of CNE, and Rubén Jiménez Bichara, Executive Vice President of CDEEE, will take the stage at DR-GRID for an interactive discussion on the future of the DR’s energy sector. On the docket: insights into next year’s RFP and how the procurement process […]
With 500 attendees, 100 speakers and three days of panel discussions and workshops, it’s hard to distill CREF 2019 into a few paragraphs. But some critical themes emerged—along with a broad sense that we have the know-how, capital and consensus to get things done. We turned to a handful of CREF participants to gather their […]
The United States is providing $1.5 million to increase disaster preparedness and resilience under the US-Caribbean Resilience Partnership. This partnership aims to strengthen U.S.-Caribbean cooperation and advance greater resilience to withstand the impacts of climate change, natural disasters, and extreme weather events by leveraging American and Caribbean innovation and expertise. Funding will support technical exchanges […]
In a release last week, the Dominica Geothermal Development Company (DGDC) announces having successfully concluded the testing of its geothermal production well in Laudat. This, following news that the geothermal plant concept designs are completed, and the project is fully funded, according to Minister Ian Douglas. Currently, the DGDC is working to acquire the piece […]
The Small Island Developing States (SIDS DOCK) and Naval Energies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support the development of marine renewable energy. Under the agreement SIDS and Naval Energies will collaborate to foster the development of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), deep-sea conversion and floating offshore wind projects in small island countries. Through […]
The Geothermal Development Facility for Latin America has opened its Fourth Call for Proposals (CFP) is open, and accepting applications until November 26, 2019. Previous applicants accepted in Expression of Interest (EOI) 4 are eligible to make a proposal, as well as applicants accepted in previous EOIs. The objective of the Facility (GDF) is to […]
Colombia’s National Mining and Energy Planning Unit allocated 2.2 GW of solar and wind power generation capacity in the country’s first renewable energy auction, which was finalized yesterday. The exercise’s final average price was COP95/kWh ($0.027), and the highest bid reached only COP110. The authority said the auction will enable the country to raise its […]
Natural gas development in the Dominican Republic gets a second take from AES Dominicana president Edwin De los Santos. While recent initiatives supported by international stakeholders would see natural gas development in the northwest region of the DR, De los Santos believes “it is not very strategic”. The United States and the Energy and Mines […]
The government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, utility FortisTCI and the non-profit Clinton Foundation inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to kick off the initiatives in the country’s new energy transition strategy. The Resilient National Energy Transition Strategy covers the period between 2019 and 2040 and was authored by the Ministry of […]