Rubis has acquired 51% of HDF’s hydrogen power and storage project in Barbados. Producing baseload power for 16,000 Barbadians from solar and locally produced green hydrogen, the project is the largest hydrogen power and storage project under development in the Caribbean. Source: Market Screener
The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) won the Energy Globe Award at the end of 2021 for its work in transforming the water sector in Barbados. Source: Caribbean National Weekly
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) added the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) as a new member of the IFC-facilitated Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN). The ECCB is the first organization in the SBFN from the English-speaking Caribbean. Source: Market Screener
The Dominican Republic National Energy Commission (CNE) signed an agreement granting French power producer Akuo Energy and investment fund manager GAM Capital permission to develop the 53-MW Matrisol solar project. Financing will come from Banco Popular Dominicano. Matrisol also has a long-lasting power acquisition agreement (PPA) with Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana, which will help with funding […]
The geothermal start-up Quaise Energy has raised $63 million to deploy a new drilling technology to unleash the earth’s hardest-to-reach heat resources. Safar Partners, Prelude Ventures, the Engine, and other investors provided $40 million. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) provided a grant of $5 million. Source: Canary Media
The Argentinian power manufacturer YPF Luz issued $63.9 million in green bonds to finance its first solar project, a 100-MW solar farm in the San Juan province of Argentina. Source: List.Solar RenewablesNow
Power company, Celeo Redes Brasil and Solar Firm, Quinta Solar Energia will develop a 1.1 GW Solar PV plant in Piaui, Brazil. The development of the plant will cost around $832 million and includes 22 solar farms, each with a capacity of 50 MW. Source: List.Solar RenewablesNow
Shell, the oil and gas behemoth, and Gerdau, the Brazilian steelmaker, agreed to team up on a 50-50 joint venture to develop a solar farm in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The solar farm will have an installed capacity of about 260 MW. 50% of the power will supply Gerdau’s steelmaking units in Brazil, while Shell plans […]
The State of Ceará in Brazil signed a memorandum with Cactus Energia Verde, a Brazilian energy company, to develop a $5.71 billion green hydrogen plant in the port of Pecém. The project will use 3.6 GW of clean energy for production from the Uruquê PV solar park (2.4 GW) and the offshore wind farm, Umari […]