Caribbean Clean Energy News

September 24, 2021

Global energy firm plans big solar plant in Jamaica

Europe-based global clean energy firm MPC Energy Solutions, which is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in Norway, is reporting that it has leased…

September 24, 2021

Colbun to build major wind farm in northern Chile

Chilean generator Colbun plans to install Latin America’s largest wind farm in the Atacama desert, expanding Chile’s burgeoning renewable…

September 24, 2021

United States to assist LAC increase renewable energy capacity

The United States announced that it would provide assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean so as to significantly increase renewable energy…

September 15, 2021

Deetken Impact Sustainable Energy announces its first investment in solar energy in Jamaica with Soléco Energy

Impact asset manager Deetken Impact Sustainable Energy (DISE), is thrilled to announce its first investment in solar energy in Jamaica.  An…

September 14, 2021

Puerto Rico wants clean energy. Will the Biden administration listen?

In rebuilding the electric grid, FEMA should push to ditch fossil fuel infrastructure and shift to solar and batteries instead, write Yesenia Rivera,…

September 10, 2021

Pros and cons for El Salvador, the first bitcoin nation

El Salvador became the first country in the world to recognize bitcoin as legal tender, a move President Nayib Bukele says will save Salvadorans…

September 10, 2021

A regional agreement for healthy eco-systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

Five Nations including Costa Rica – the country where the Escazú Agreement was adopted – announced publicly working towards a proposal for UN…

September 10, 2021

Inter-American Dialogue launches task force on climate change in the Northern Triangle

The Inter-American Dialogue has launched a task force to tackle climate change in the Northern Triangle. The countries of Central America’s Northern…

September 7, 2021

MPC Energy Solutions selects EPC contractor for the construction of new 21 MW solar power plants in El Salvador

MPC Energy Solutions has selected ISOTRON SA, part of Spanish Grupo ISASTUR, as EPC contractor for the construction of its Santa Rosa & Villa Sol…