The San Jacinto Geothermal Project in Nicaragua will move forward late this year. Polaris Infrastructure Inc., a Toronto-based company engaged in the operation, acquisition and development of renewable energy projects in Latin America anticipates drilling for the first of these three wells at the San Jacinto Geothermal Project in Nicaragua to be complete in early […]
Joining an already sizable contingent of senior geothermal stakeholders from Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Guatemala, the organizers of GEOLAC are excited to announce that Honduras – an emerging geothermal contender – has confirmed its participation in GEOLAC. We are particularly pleased to announce that Ing. Rene Soto, Director General of Energy in the Secretariat […]
A strong presence of key Caribbean stakeholders at GEOLAC reflects the substantial progress made in various regional markets since GEOLAC 2014. In a delegation led by CARICOM with the support of the World Bank, confirmed participants include Hon. Vince Henderson of Dominica, Hon. Troy Liburd of Nevis, Hon. Ian “Patches” Liburd of St. Kitts, Mr. […]
Brazil’s International Centre for Renewable Energy (CIBiogas) announced on Tuesday it is planning to set up a Latin American and Caribbean Biogas Association. Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and Cuba are all interested in partnering in the new agency, that will strive to foster the exchange of policies and technological know-how as well […]
According to local energy news site, Energia Estrategica, the enactment of Argentina’s new renewable energy law could reactivate old projects of the Genren program. Roberto Sarquis from state-owned energy company Energia Argentina SA (Enarsa) said “Launched in 2009, the Genren energy auctions have led to the installation of some wind, photovoltaic and mini hydro […]
Costa Rica aims to become the first CO2 neutral nation by 2021. “From January to October, we produced 98.7% of our electricity from renewable energy”, says Elbert Duran, communications director of the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE). Next year, the country plans to achieve 100% green electricity. While hydropower has been the first source of […]
Mexico plans to quadruple its wind power capacity from 2.5GW in 2014 to 10GW in 2018, and to add a further 22GW of wind energy by 2040 in a $46bn push toward a low-carbon economy. As the world’s 10th largest contributor of global emissions, Mexico relies on fossil fuels for 75% of its electricity. This […]
Chile continues to climb the Renewable Energy Attractiveness Index – moving from 11 to number 9 alongside Brazil. Confidence is bolstered by an order for a 112 MW wind turbine supply contract from Gamesa. The wind farm will receive 56 of Gamesa’s G114-2.0 MW turbines, which are optimized for low and medium wind speed sites. […]
The Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) and the Energy Secretariat (Sener) have launched a call for International Cooperation Research and Development between Mexico and the European Union in Geothermal Energy. Project priorities include research, development and technological innovation in energy sustainability. The call was issued jointly with the European Commission, within the […]