In December 2018 a bipartisan bill authorizing the establishment of electric cooperatives was passed by the legislature. The organizers of PR-GRID are pleased to announce a new session which will explore the implications of the law for municipalities and for the broader Puerto Rican grid. The session features the participation of Jaime Cuevas, one of […]
The Sustainable Energy Facility for the Eastern Caribbean (SEF-Expanded) is designed to reduce the financial, technical, and institutional barriers to geothermal energy development in five Eastern Caribbean nations: Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, ST. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Released in 2015, the SEF originally totalled $71.5m, but a recent injection of […]
While most Caribbean islands are rapidly modernizing their electric grids, the modernization of transportation systems has lagged. Is change in the air? In November, for example, the government of Bermuda signed a memorandum of understanding with the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), embracing a plan to fully transition the island’s transportation sector to electric vehicles (EVs). […]
Enertiva, in conjunction with Karim’s Group, have developed a solar project which will provide electricity to a production plant in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Karim’s Group is a multinational company operating in the real estate and textile industry. The Central American energy promoter Enertiva operates in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua. […]
A floating natural gas power plan equipped with a battery energy storage system will be built in the Dominican Republic. The plant was ordered by Transcontinental Capital Corporation, an independent power producer and subsidiary of Seabord. Engineering firms Siemens and ST Engineering are providing the platform, with the technology provided by Fluence. Three turbines, two […]
After a year of construction, the 1.5 MW solar PV plant commissioned for cement producer Domicem was inaugurated in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. This is the company’s first solar power project. The first phase of construction included the installation of 4 616 solar panels. The second phase, set to start in the next few days, […]
The Government of Aruba solicits proposals from the waste-to-energy industry for the implementation of a “Solid Waste Treatment Facility” through a Request for Proposal (RFP) procurement process. More information and the registration page can be found via this link. Dialogue and clarifications from/to Proposers will go via the email swtf.tender@gobierno.aw (with subject: “company name”-“dialogue topic”).
Renewable energies are now the principal source of electricity generation in El Salvador. More than 60% of the energy produced in the country comes from clean and renewable sources, largely thanks to the “diversification of the national’s energy matrix” and the development and “introduction of solar, wind, biomass, biogas and hydroelectric energy sources”, announced the […]
After two months of entering into operation, Cobybsa’s 24 kWp solar PV installation has saved the Costa Rican company 90% of their electricity consumption bill. Over 75 solar panels and two inverters were installed by solar power provider company Sunshine over the course of three months. Sunshine monitors, operates and maintains the solar PV installation. […]