Caribbean Infrastructure 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

DXCD, the eastern Caribbean Central Bank digital money Is being readied for production

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB),  the monetary authority for a group of eight island economies has begun looking into Central Bank Digital…

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 28, 2021

Climate change puts pressure on failing Caribbean water supplies

While most people outside of rural mountainous areas in the Caribbean are connected to the public water supply, they frequently face outdated…

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 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…