Caribbean Infrastructure News

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 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…

December 22, 2020

IDB Report: Infrastructure crucial for The Bahamas and Caribbean future growth

Institutional reforms and investments in infrastructure will be key to foster economic recovery in The Bahamas and the Caribbean region, according to…

December 22, 2020

CDB, IDB sign US$50 million loan for COVID-19 response in the OECS

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today signed a US$50 million loan agreement to support COVID-19…

December 10, 2020

World Bank provides funds for agriculture resiliency in Haiti, flood risk management in Guyana

The World Bank has approved more than US$33 million for two Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries to further develop the agricultural sector and…

December 9, 2020

Renewables could help Caribbean islands become more hurricane-resilient

Solar panels connected to microgrids can come back online quickly after a storm, says Kaitlyn Bunker from the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute.…

December 2, 2020

Sovereign Pacific launches $500M Fund for the Caribbean

Sovereign Pacific Capital, an Asia wealth and asset management organization established a  $500 million Sovereign Pacific Fund, in…