PNE AG, a German wind projects developer, has bought five wind energy projects in Panama – their first movie for entering the Latin American renewable energy market. The company delivers clean energy projects through their phases of development, project planning, realisation, financing and operation. Their operations are international, with a presence in fourteen countries on […]
Solar Buzz Jamaica has finalised a project at the University Hospital of the West Indies Children’s Ward which produces drinking water from sunlight and air. The off-grid and self-sufficient hydro panel system uses a technology called Source. With advanced water capture technology, it harnesses air and sunlight to produce from four to ten litres a […]
CleanSpark has won a contract to serve as the technical consultant and microgrid control vendor for a large industrial park in Costa Rica. This is CleanSpark’s first contract outside the United States. The company specialises in advanced engineering, software and controls for innovative energy resource and microgrid deployments. CleanSpark’s statement of purpose is to provide […]
Electric buses will start operating throughout Barbados ‘by year-end’, said Minister of Energy Wilfred Abrahams. Initially, the Ministry of Transport will order twenty buses and work towards an all-electric fleet of government vehicles over the next 11 years. Minister Abrahams said, “We are moving to a completely electric fleet not just of buses but Government vehicles […]
Ventus SA de CV (Ventus) has signed a contract with El Salvador’s Economy Minister Luz Estrella Dominguez to build a 54MW wind park. Ventus is a unit of the Guatemalan power generation operator, Tracia Network Corporation, and will be in charge of the wind park’s construction. This project will be financed over ten years by […]
The Solar Pacific plant, a 35MWp solar PV installation in Nacaome, Honduras has undergone its final testing and is now ready to enter into commission. Enertiva and the Ortiz Group, through its subsidiary Ortiz Energía Honduras, have led the project in a joint partnership. This is their third collaborative project, alongside Independence Plant in El […]
A joint report by the IRENA/ ADFD Project Facility has reviewed the progress of their financing of joint projects, such as the geothermal project in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The report included project profiles and updates. The 10-15MW plant is a public-private geothermal energy development. USD 15 million were used to finance the plant’s […]
New Fortress Energy, has published its growth plans: after providing LNG to Jamaica, its next steps include Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. New Fortress Energy, which listed on the U.S. Nasdaq exchange at the beginning of this month, is a global energy infrastructure company, which provides integrated and reliable energy solutions though LNG production […]
A report published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Global Gender Office highlights the positive impacts of LaGeo’s strategies surrounding gender equality and development goals. LaGeo is a geothermal energy utility in El Salvador. Through its management structures, institutional policies and use of corporate social responsibility, it has increased its company’s gender equality […]