At 200 meters tall and with over 10,600 mirrors, Atacama 1 is expected to be the largest solar plant running on a single tower in the world. The plant is expected to generate 110 megawatts 24/7. Chile is already well-known for renewable energy initiatives and the tower is hoped to be its newest triumph in solar PV. Business […]
Infrastructure projects in Peru’s Northern Cajamarca region will help 200,000 inhabitants in over 1,300 rural communities to gain access to electricity services. The Energy and Mines Ministry’s Rural Electrification Department (DGER) has developed a series of projects over the last four years and in 2015 completed work that will favor residents from Cajamarca’s provinces such […]
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has committed $46 million in loans for renewable energy projects in developing countries, including a wind and solar project in Antigua and Barbuda. The fund is a collaboration with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the loans are the 3rd cycle of funds ADFD provided to bolster sustainable […]
A new renewable energy task force is forming as St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) get ready to begin the process of constructing a 3.2 MW solar power plant. On Thursday, LUCELEC signed an agreement for the development of an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with the Government of Saint Lucia that includes a provision for […]
Belize’s newly appointed Ambassador to CARICOM, Danny Gutierrez, says that he is committed to making 2016 a year of action. “The hard work of our colleagues who diagnosed our hurdles and proposed a strategic plan must be matched by action… The best years of CARICOM lie ahead,” said Gutierrez in a statement released from Guyana. […]
Barbados continues to make headway on goals to mitigate the impact of climate change with a wind turbine installed at the Embassy Bridgetown. The 70-foot-high, 20 KW turbine was installed on December 16 produces 63 KW of energy daily. The turbine is built to withstand a Category 2 hurricane, and is designed to shut off […]
Despite the low cost of fossil fuels in 2015, a Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) analysis points to evidence that 2015 was a breakout year for clean energy. It was a record year for global investment with wind, solar panels, biomass plants and more around the world totaling $329 billion in invested capital – and […]
A statement released last week reported that Nicaraguan officials have joined the clean energy revolution by setting aggressive goals for decreasing dependence on foreign oil. Nicaragua aims to source 75% of its energy from renewables by 2017 and 90% by 2020. 54% of Nicaragua’s electricity supply is currently sourced from renewables and the outlook for […]
Interest in promoting investment and cooperation in renewable energy in Cuba is growing, said Sigmar Gabriel, Deputy Foreign Minister (FM) and Federal Minister of the Economy and Energy of Germany during his recent visit to Cuba. Cuba, with high dependence on fossil fuels to produce electricity, seeks to reverse its energy matrix with the support of […]