Cuba and South Korea commit to renewable energy

February 13, 2017

South Korea will strengthen cooperation in the renewable energy sector with Cuba as part of a knowledge-sharing program for the Caribbean country, the South Korean finance ministry said today. In a South Korea-Cuba forum held in Seoul, the two countries discussed ways to encourage South Korean companies to make inroads into the Cuban energy market, […]

Jamaica to expand energy efficiency program

February 13, 2017

An expanded energy efficiency and conservation project aimed at consolidating the implementation of the National Energy Policy 2009-2030 will be launched by Jamaica’s Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology this fiscal year. The project, which will be undertaken in partnership with the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, also aim to make the public sector a model […]

Colombia starts construction on its first solar power project

February 12, 2017

Electricity company Celsia will begin work on a 9.9 MW project in March, and grid connection is expected later in 2017. Colombian developers Celsia say that the project, the first solar plant in Colombia will be located in the southwestern region of Valle del Cauca. The plant will be built and operated by Celsia subsidiary […]

Caribbean Community wants government to lead on energy

February 9, 2017

The Caribbean Community reports that participants at a recently concluded high level forum want energy to be placed squarely before the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government to generate speedier action and firmer commitments to the transition to renewables. The general thinking at the Fifth Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF V) held from 23 – […]

Chilean 245 MW solar project secures planning consent

February 9, 2017

The 245 MW Escondido solar PV project is one step closer to construction after Mainstream Renewable Power has secured planning consent from the Chile’s Environmental Assessment Service. The $290m project involves construction of two solar parks located in the communes of Copiapó and Tierra Amarilla: Parque Solar Río Escondido and Parque Solar Valle Escondido. Mainstream […]

Jamaica’s first utility scale solar plant is complete

February 9, 2017

In a significant step for Jamaican renewable energy, Global Energy Services (GES) announced Wednesday that it has completed the construction of the first utility-scale solar plant in Jamaica. With other projects in the queue, including the Seven Rivers project covered previously by New Energy Events, this will be the first of many large solar projects […]

US Geothermal to participate in Guatemala’s geothermal RFP

February 8, 2017

Geothermal developer and operator U.S. Geothermal has announced plans to participate in a 40 MW Request for Proposals in Guatemala for geothermal with its El Ceibillo project in the country. On January 10, 2017, the Guatemalan government, through the National Electrical Energy Commission (COMISIÓN NACIONAL DE ENERGÍA ELÉCTRICA-“CNEE”), announced that it is preparing to issue […]

Haiti goes solar: Rooftop PV system inaugurated in Champ-de-Mars

February 8, 2017

Monday, de facto President Jocelerme Privert, inaugurated a state-of-the-art solar power plant with a capacity of 100 Kw to permanently illuminate the Champ-de-Mars area. The implementation of this integrated high-tech system developed by the Canadian consulting engineering firm GENINOV, with a subsidiary established in Haiti since 2009, was financed by the World Bank and should […]

SENER’s Leonardo Beltrán and Michelle Ramirez Confirm for GEOLAC ’17

February 7, 2017

Mexico’s Secretariat for Energy has confirmed it will send two senior officials to participate in GEOLAC 2017.  Leonardo Beltrán, Deputy Secretary for Energy Planning and Transition, will keynote Day One of GEOLAC. He is joined on the agenda by Michelle Ramirez Bueno, SENER’s Director of Geothermal, who will participate on a host country “roadshow” session also comprising CFE, Grupo Dragon, […]