The British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) received 19 applications from companies looking to pre-qualify for the proposal to develop a microgrid in Paraquita Bay. Submissions qualify the companies for consideration by the BVIEC to bid on future engineering, procurement, and construction services. The project will be funded with a USD 600 thousand grant provided […]
After being awarded the Innovation Fund for Regional Competitiveness (FIC-R), The Center of Excellence in Geothermal Energy of the Andes (CEGA) plans to expand its implementation of projects for the use of low-temperature geothermal energy. One of the projects they’re developing will use shallow geothermal energy and operate at one of the lowest costs in […]
CORFO has chosen six of the twelve proposals presented in their first call for applications to develop green hydrogen production plants in Chile. The projects will receive total development contributions of US$50 million. The proposals include the development of the first green ammonia production plant in Chile. Source: International Mining
The Deputy Finance Minister of Mexico, Gabriel Yorio González, and the Director of Chile’s Public Debt Office, Patricio Sepúlveda Carmona, have confirmed their participation in the Latin American ESG Market Summit. Both countries have a strong footprint in the market. Mexico launched the world’s first sovereign SDG bond in 2020 and, in the wake of […]
CARICOM will produce solar-generated electricity soon after commissioning a 400-kilowatt solar photovoltaic power generation plant and battery power conditioning system on their compound in Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown. The Japanese government funded the USD 7 million project consisting of 1,500 solar panels, servers, batteries, a carport, and space for educational/recreational activities. In the future, CARICOM expects […]
Matrix Renewables, a Madrid-based renewable energy platform backed by the global alternative asset manager, TPG, closed a non-recourse, long-term financing agreement for 328 MW of solar-distributed generation (DG) projects in Chile. Out of the 48 photovoltaic projects in Chile’s PMGD program (projects with a generation capacity surplus lower than or equal to 9,000 kW), the […]
MPC Energy Solution reached a financial close for the Santa Rosa & Villa Sol solar (PV) plants in El Salvador. With a combined capacity of 21.07 MW, MPCES expects the plants to begin energy production towards the end of 2022, generating around 43 GWh a year and avoiding nearly 11,000 tons of CO2 emissions per […]
The Colombian gas company Ecopetrol released its investment plan for 2022. The company expects to invest more than USD 50 million in projects to decarbonize its activity, USD 200 million in water management projects, and USD 6 million in developing green and blue hydrogen pilots and projects to be applied at the refineries. Source: PR […]
ThinkGeoEnergy published a list of the top 10 geothermal countries in 2021 based on installed power generation capacity. Mexico is on the list at number six with no gain or loss of power generation capacity from the year before. Colombia is a geothermal-newcomer and helped contribute to the 2021 overall generation capacity of 15,854 MW […]