Guyana awarded a tender to Swiss-based meeco Group to install a 43 kWp solar PV system on the State House in Georgetown. The Ministry of the Presidency will be equipped with a state of the art 43 kWp solar rooftop system which will be synchronised with the grid. Through a joint venture, OurSun Guyana will […]
Japanese leasing company Orix decided Thursday to invest about $627 million in an American geothermal technology company, aiming to bring the technology to Asia to tap what it expects to be a growing market. Orix will take a 22.1% stake as early as July in Nevada-based Ormat Technologies, which designs, builds and sells geothermal power […]
The Mexican solar industry is heating up with news of a solar company opening an office and the commissioning of an 8MW solar farm and news of an exciting new partnership with Tesla. US solar tracking company Array Technologies Inc is marking its expansion into Latin America opening an office in Mexico City, Mexico. The […]
French independent power producer Neoen has announced that its 101 Providencia Solar PV power project in El Salvador is now operational. The plant, which is the largest PV installation in the Central American nation, consists of the 76 MW Antares facility, which was selected in a recent energy auction, and the 25 MW Spica section, […]
New Energy Events spoke with Hon. Kurt Tibbetts, Minister of Planning, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure, and asked him whether he thought the target of 70% renewables in 20 years as outlined in the Cayman Islands National Energy Policy was realistic – and whether the utility, CUC, was onboard. The Cayman Islands National Energy Policy specifies […]
Over the course of Haiti Sustainable Energy Forum, senior World Bank officials will outline how funding available through the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program (SREP) and the Climate Technology Fund (CTF) can be leveraged by the private sector to finance energy sector projects in Haiti. For more information: Haiti Sustainable Energy Forum
The Government of Haiti with the support of The World Bank and the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund is pleased to announce that the Haiti Sustainable Energy Forum will take place at the Marriott Port-au-Prince Hotel from June 12 – 13, 2017. For more information: Haiti Sustainable Energy Forum
The Caribbean’s biggest operational solar plant has opened in Puerto Rico. The Oriana Solar Park has debuted in the area of Isabela, with an estimated production of 100,000 megawatt-hours of energy in its first year of operations. “The Oriana Solar Park is the example of the future of power generation in Puerto Rico, one that […]
Mexico’s energy ministry has announced that the next renewable energy auction will be held in November. In this auction, which is the third of this kind to be conducted in Mexico, selected projects will be entitled to sell power to more entities, and not only to the local utility Comisión Federal de la Electricidad (CFE), […]