U.S. Department of Energy & IDB join forces to convene a meeting of natural gas stakeholders. In support of Vice President Biden’s Caribbean Energy Security Initiative (CESI), the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are convening the Caribbean Natural Gas Stakeholders Workshop on October 19, 2015, alongside […]
Earlier this week, Barbados Energy Minister and CREF 2015 speaker, Darcy Boyce, announced the establishment of the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. The goal of the Centre is to advance standardization of renewable energies across all Caricom nations and to allow all countries to work together to overcome technological and legislative barriers. The centre will […]
Regional policy makers will meet next month in Miami for the seventh annual Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF). United States’ Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy, Robin Dunnigan, said that she looks forward to meeting with representatives from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) as well as with Caribbean ministers who are responsible for energy at […]
As the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago head to the polls, they are “largely uninformed of a worsening economic outlook.” Aside from the social issues (mainly drug trafficking) and infrastructure development, the largest issue affecting Trinidad and Tobago’s election surrounds its energy future and future energy policy.
Greentech Media celebrates Honduras – A Central America Solar Success Story. Our friends and media partners over at Greentech Media have heralded Honduras’s policies and its utility for creating “Central America solar success story.” The policies described, along with 20 year purchase agreements from ENEE, have opened the door for foreign investment to come into Honduras’s solar market. GTM also predicted […]
German IPP, Soventix, recently broke ground on a 30 MW utility-scale PV plant in Dominican Republic area of Monte Plata. Until this plant goes into operation early next year, the largest solar arrays in the Dominican Republic comprise a pair of facilities both less than 2 MW. This project is one of three large PV […]
A leading storage company in Panama, Mega Storage, will offset 30% of their energy use after signing a deal with OTEPI to install solar on all of their facilities. Commercial and industrial projects, such as this one, provide private companies with more predictable expenses, reduces their risk to volatile energy prices, and increases their overall […]
In a recent blog post on the US State Department Website, John Morton, COO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), details the importance of energy security and clean energy in the Caribbean region. Having recently signed a $43 million loan agreement with WRB Enterprises (CREF 2015 Gold Sponsor) for the construction of a 20 […]
Reflecting an increased emphasis on the financing of Caribbean projects, the organizers of the Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) are pleased to announce that Doug Hewson, Managing Partner of Portland Private Equity, Jose Ordonez, Managing Director at U.S. Renewables Group, and Doug Anderson, Partner at Power Capital Partners, are confirmed for a session led by […]