Caribbean Clean Energy News

February 1, 2021

MPC Capital Raises $100 Million USD to build green energy plants in Colombia, Jamaica, El Salvador

MPC Capital AG  has launched a new entity named “MPC Energy Solutions” after raising $100 million. The entity has…

February 1, 2021

New IDB report on gender-smart climate finance and infrastructure in the Caribbean

A new report by the IDB  aims to provide an overview of the gender and climate resilience nexus in the Caribbean and provide gender-inclusive…

January 29, 2021

Meet Joe Biden’s Top Officials on Latin America and the Caribbean

President Biden’s cabinet, if confirmed as is, would have four Latinos—tied with Barack Obama’s second cabinet for the most—to helm the…

January 26, 2021

COVID-19 and climate change prompt an energy rethink in Trinidad and Tobago

The crash of global energy markets amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing threat of climate change are providing an impetus for a reevaluation of…

January 25, 2021

Abu Dhabi Fund to start 2021 with project allocations worth $169 million, earmarks $50 million for Caribbean

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, one of the UAE’s leading financial entities, continued to advance its sustainable development agenda within the…

January 20, 2021

2020 Island Resilience Action Challenge: Uniting to define resilience in the face of climate and health threats

By: Kimberly Lewis, Lead Fellow, Advanced Energy Group At the tail end of a notably unprecedented and challenging year, Advanced Energy Group (AEG)…

January 20, 2021

Puerto Rico awaits first procurements to add 3.75 GW solar, 1.5 GW storage

The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau ordered the utility PREPA to issue six procurements in the next 30 months, totaling 3.75 GW of solar and 1.5 GW of…

January 14, 2021

France’s island territories get solar-plus-storage at average price below €100/MWh in latest auction

The cost of solar energy paired with battery storage on France’s island territories has fallen yet again, as the European country awarded contracts…

January 12, 2021

InterEnergy acquires 34-MW wind farm plus pipeline in Dominican Republic

Energy solutions provider InterEnergy Group announced the acquisition of the 34-MW Matafongo onshore wind farm plus an under-development project…