Costa Rica has added ABB’s inverter technology to its 6.2MW solar PV plant to provide a reliable, clean and independent energy source to 10% of its country’s population. Twenty eight of ABB’s PVS-175 inverters were added earlier this year to the solar energy farm, Proyecto Fotovoltaico Cooperativo. This 19 000 panel installation supplies electricity to […]
Canada’s Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced her government’s funding commitment to support renewable energy and sustainable development in the Americas at the Ministerial on Climate Action in Brussels, Belgium. Canada’s funding commitment of $223.5 million will go to the Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in the Americas (C2F). This financing is expected to […]
Barbados has received 1.4 million euros from the European Union as a second tranche of financing under the 11th European Development Fund Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Budget Support Programme. This funding for renewable energy will be used to support Barbados towards its goal of becoming 100 per cent fossil fuel-free by 2030. Barbados has […]
To set the stage for the 6th Geothermal Congress for Latin America & the Caribbean on November 17-18 in Santiago, Chile, New Energy Events gathered experts from the region to discuss the future for geothermal in Chile and Argentina. The webinar “Geothermal in the Southern Cone: The New Frontier?” was held on June 13, 2019. To watch […]
Chile emitted its first sovereign green bond last week. Due to its success, further sovereign green bonds are expected to be issued by the state. The bond low’s interest rate, good rating and its high demand resulted in the success of Chile’s first green bond to surpass expectations. “The issuance of our first green bond […]
Nicaragua announced it has secured funding for the installation of a 50MW solar PV plant. This project is led by the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Enatrel. The plant’s capacity could reach 100MW after the project’s second phase. No details have yet been released in regards to the exact amount of capital to finance the […]
A new report by the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS), a research group based at the National University of Singapore, estimates that the current global installed capacity of energy produced from floating solar panels has reached 1.3GW. The institute describes floating solar energy as a relatively new but rapidly expanding area of the […]
Senior government officials from 13 countries have confirmed their participation in GEOLAC 2019. The roster comprises delegations from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Grenada, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru.
The German company EFF solar SA has started construction on its first solar photovoltaic park in Cuba. The project, which is expected to generate 5MW, will provide electricity for a town on the island’s western province of Mayabeque and will be operational by the end of this year, according to project managers. The renewable energy […]