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New Energy Insights: Pim van der Burg, CIBC First Caribbean
December 2, 2016
New Energy Events is pleased to announce a new series of concise and incisive interviews – New Energy Insights – with leading industry players. We’ll be putting five market-critical questions to each of our interviewees over the course of a highly digestible five minute segment. We’re calling them Five-In-Five. As a warm up to next week’s Caribbean infrastructure […]
Barbados renewable energy surge expected
December 1, 2016
Barbados renewable energy is set to grow over the next 12 to 18 months and Energy Minister, Senator Darcy Boyd, is anticipating a doubling in renewable energy production. The Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Energy and Telecommunications, the Hon. Senator Boyd spoke to the projections as he noted that over […]
Chile announces 400 MW wind tender
December 1, 2016
Chile has launched a new tender for wind energy to be developed near the remote northern city of Taltal. The land has potential for almost 400 MW of wind energy, said Chile’s energy minister, Andres Rebolledo. The latest tender will be awarded to the company that offers the government the highest rent, including a fixed […]
Japanese geothermal targets Latin America
November 30, 2016
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd., a venture between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd., is eyeing Latin America to export its geothermal turbines, hoping to supply equipment for projects backed by Japan’s aid agency. The company, which announced winning an order in October to supply a 55-megawatt turbine for a project in Costa Rica, […]
Grid upgrades and more renewables for Dominican Republic
November 30, 2016
The Dominican Republic will be getting 1250 MW of new non-oil energy and significant upgrades to the electric distribution system in the next three years. Executive VP of the Dominican Republic state energy holding company, CDEEE, Ruben Jiminez Bichara said he expects the new energy to come online, including 234 MW of wind, 172 MW […]
Guyana to build first solar farm
November 30, 2016
Guyana unveiled it will build its first solar farm next year as part of a larger national strategy to transition to renewable energy. Solar power will be an important component of the country’s larger plan to reduce spending on fossil fuel and lower carbon emissions. Plans to attract investors to Guyana include one-off tax holidays […]
Argentina and Chile exploring tidal energy
November 30, 2016
Swedish tidal energy company, Minesto, is in Chile and Argentina this week meeting with high level officials to explore potential for tidal energy in the two countries. The trade mission called Green Tech Sweden is coordinated by Business Sweden and led by the Swedish Minister for EU Affairs & Trade, Ann Linde. Minesto has had the […]
Argentina doubles renewable energy projects in latest award
November 29, 2016
In a surprising twist to RenovAR 1.5, Argentina has awarded 1281.5 MW of renewable energy capacity, more than double the original ask of 600 MW. “Investors have shown they believe in Argentina,” said Juan José Aranguren, Argentina’s energy minister. A total of 30 projects were selected under this additional tender, including 10 wind projects, representing 765.4 […]
Ecuador plans for geothermal
November 28, 2016
Ecuador doesn’t have any geothermal online yet, it has big plans to change that. In its long term energy strategy released last month, Ecuador wants its grid to run on 90% clean energy. Geothermal potential is estimated at 1,000 MW, and the government has recognized this potential in its National Energy Agenda 2016-2040. In the National […]