Monday, de facto President Jocelerme Privert, inaugurated a state-of-the-art solar power plant with a capacity of 100 Kw to permanently illuminate the Champ-de-Mars area. The implementation of this integrated high-tech system developed by the Canadian consulting engineering firm GENINOV, with a subsidiary established in Haiti since 2009, was financed by the World Bank and should […]
Mexico’s Secretariat for Energy has confirmed it will send two senior officials to participate in GEOLAC 2017. Leonardo Beltrán, Deputy Secretary for Energy Planning and Transition, will keynote Day One of GEOLAC. He is joined on the agenda by Michelle Ramirez Bueno, SENER’s Director of Geothermal, who will participate on a host country “roadshow” session also comprising CFE, Grupo Dragon, […]
Ellsworth Dacon, Director of Energy for the Government of St. Vincent and Grenadines, has confirmed his participation in GEOLAC 2017. SVG has moved aggressively to develop its geothermal resource in recent years. Exploration drilling is expected to begin in 2018. Reykjavik Geothermal, one of the developers of the project, will also participate at GEOLAC 2017.
The organizers of GEOLAC are pleased to announce a complimentary half day workshop on April 26th designed to promote understanding of and opportunities afforded by the newly-announced Geothermal Development Facility for Latin America (GDF). The workshop will be hosted by KfW and organized by IDA Fund Management, the GDF fund manager. KfW, working jointly with […]
Underscoring its support for the development of the LAC geothermal market, The World Bank recently announced that it would continue to support the Geothermal Congress for Latin America & the Caribbean as co-hosts of the event. Across the region, The World Bank is deeply engaged in the development of geothermal resources and is the largest […]
Marco Antonio Escobar, Director of the Laguna Colorada geothermal project in Bolivia, has confirmed he will present at GEOLAC 2017. His participation coincides with what many regard as meaningful progress on the project. Costa Rica’s ICE has entered into a partnership with Bolivian entities to build a 5 MW pilot plant, a precursor to collaboration […]
In total contracts for 1.8 GW of PV projects awarded in Mexico’s second Clean Energy Auction have been signed, according to Mexican solar association Asolmex. The median price for solar is around US$31.70 per megawatt-hour (MWh) in the auction, the lowest median price to date in the world. In the first auction, which was resolved in […]
Developing geothermal energy in the Eastern Caribbean could benefit from improved financing, government policy, and the establishment of a regional mechanism to support geothermal development in the region. This information comes as result of a survey conducted by the Energy Unit of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission on geothermal development in the […]
Costa Rica has just inaugurated its first public electric vehicle charging station which will offer free public access for all EV’s for two years. Costa Rica is a leader in renewable energy, but as it aims for carbon neutrality the nation must tackle vehicle emissions. An alliance with the CNFL electric company and BMW is enabling […]