El Salvador’s renewable energy tender of 170 MW brought in over 1 GW of bids from 19 companies. The country’s power distributor, Delsur, said that the combined bids of 29 solar and wind projects total $2 billion. Proposals came from local and international investors, including US, Spain, France, Israel, UK and Germany. Delsur expects the […]
Dominica has passed a new piece of legislation: the Geothermal Resources Development Act. The Act includes a regulatory framework and establishes an advisory committee of no more than 6 people comprised of the Permanent Secretary for energy, the Executive Director of the IRC, the Chief Physical Planner, a senior state attorney, and senior technical public […]
Solar prices continue to fall globally, and that remains absolutely true in Chile where the last solar bid was awarded to SolarPack at a record breaking price of $29.10. SolarPack’s Head of Operations in Chile and Peru, Inigo Malo de Molina, told reporters last week, “Though there are voices saying they have doubts, the truth is that we […]
Round 1.5 should open today, following onto a successful renewable energy tender in Argentina earlier this year. The RenovAr program will kick off the tender for 400 MW of wind and 200 MW of solar. Read more here.
Over the next eight months, Colombia will be taking steps to improve its renewable energy sector. Colombia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy and FDN, a national financial institution have partnered to strengthen the Integration Programme of Renewable Energies (PER). This new partnership, through a signed agreement, will endeavor to update the PER with new regulations, […]
In July of this year, the government of Haiti issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) seeking private sector operators for the Cap Haitien Port PPP project. The government plans to name a preferred bidder in December 2016 and achieve financial close by late January 2017. The proposed project entails the lease, management, operation and maintenance of the international […]
Earlier this year, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and Agence Française de Developpement (AFD) signed an agreement under which the latter will provide $33 million of financing in sustainable infrastructure projects in the Caribbean region. The agreement, announced 23 August, was signed in July at CDB’s Barbados headquarters by the French Ambassador to the Organisation […]
Florida-based WRB is planning to deploy 30MW of commercial and industrial rooftop solar across Jamaica beginning as early as 2017. The company is planning to implement a permanent programme aimed at installing 5MW to 3MW rooftop systems for C&I customers. The nascent initiative is in the planning stages and would seek to deploy systems reflecting […]
September, 2016 The Cuban government has outlined plans to vastly increase renewable power generation in the country in an attempt to reduce its dependence on energy imports. Earlier this year, these plans were outlined at IJGlobal and New Energy Events’ inaugural Cuba Energy & Infrastructure Summit in Havana. Now that trade embargoes imposed by the […]