The Montserrat Port Development Project has advanced to the procurement process phase, as contractors are now invited to pre-qualify for the design-build contract for the Phase 1 Development. Project Manager of the Montserrat Port Development Project, Dion Weekes said the Project has satisfied the conditions set by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to advance to […]
Colombian energy company Celsia SA has installed 4 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays on rooftops of manufacturing facilities in the Zip Bufalo industrial park in Villanueva, Honduras. The PV system spreads across ten rooftops and has the potential to generate 5,640 MWh per year and meet 18% of the power consumption needs of the […]
In advance of the 3rd Puerto Rico Grid Revitalization Forum (PR-GRID 2020), we hosted a webinar that gathered a panel of experts to try to make sense of what’s driving grid programs and projects in Puerto Rico. To listen to this complimentary webinar now click here. The discussion covered critical issues such as: How have the earthquakes […]
The Government of Barbados signed two loan deals with the Inter-American Development Bank. Prime Minister Mia Mottley said, “The $30 million USD that we just signed for with the smart energy allows us to be able to leverage renewable energy on many of the Governments properties. The Government of Barbados is spending about $400 million […]
The Blue Economy was responsible for more than US$1 billion of GDP in Jamaica in 2017, according to Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Director of Economics Dr. Justin Ram. The announcement was part of the CDB’s annual news conference in Barbados, and included wider discussions about economic growth in the region. Among the economic leaders in […]
Haitian Finance Minister Joseph Jouthe confirmed that the government has suspended US$7 million in monthly subsidies to Électricité d’Haïti (EDH). According to Jouthe, the state-run energy company should be able to secure loans. EDH is currently owed $230 million dollars, 60% of that from residential customers. Source
A new decade, a new era for the Caribbean energy market? Correlating the arrival of 2020 with a watershed in the way in which the region operates is, arguably, a fool’s game. What’s undeniable, however, is that if evolution is sometimes slow, sometimes rapid, we are currently in a period characterized by the latter. Change […]
The Bahamas solar PV project on Ragged Island, meant to be completed in January 2020, continues to face delays due in part to the after-effects of Hurricane Dorian. The solar panels are now installed, remaining work to be carried out includes building overhead transmission lines, finishing the ground wiring, and installing the energy storage equipment. […]
This year, five solar parks for a combined 206MW are penciled in to begin operations in the Dominican Republic, joining the 163 MW of solar already online. The CNE (national energy commission) just granted provisional concessions for an additional 123 MW of solar energy projects. The developers have 18 months to conduct necessary studies and […]