February 2017 - Page 2 of 5 - New Energy Events

LAC geothermal market to convene in Mexico City for GEOLAC 2017
February 16, 2017
New Energy Events, with our co-hosts at The World Bank, is excited to announce that the 4th Annual Geothermal Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEOLAC) will take place in Mexico City from April 25th – 26th. As the Caribbean and Latin America search for ways to develop sustainable energy resources to meet growing power demands, geothermal energy […]
UAE-Caribbean renewables fund opens first application cycle
February 15, 2017
The UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund, announced last month at the IRENA General Assembly, has released guidelines and officially opened applications for the first cycle of funding. The government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is supporting renewable energy projects in Caribbean islands through $50m in grants, with two key objectives: Increase the use and resilience […]
Barbados to get solar panel manufacturing plant and solar farm
February 15, 2017
General Secretary of the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is welcoming the recent announcement from Canadian-based energy company Deltro, that it will be operating a solar panel manufacturing plant and solar farm in this country. According to General Secretary, George Pilgrim, the initiatives are a representation of the policy of the Freundel Stuart-led Government to […]
Cuba: Seven Reasons to Watch Energy Sector in Post-Fidel and Trump Era
February 15, 2017
In 2014, the Cuban government announced plans to generate 24 percent of the country’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030, with an installed capacity of up to 2GW. It was an ambitious goal — and in order to achieve it, Cuba would need capital investments of approximately US$3.5 billion. The government’s designation of technology-specific targets […]
Dominica contributes $16m towards geothermal project
February 15, 2017
Dominica’s race to geothermal is speeding up with the latest injection of US$16m/EC$45m towards the project, as announced by the Hon Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Dr. Roosevelt Skerrit, speaking at a private sector forum at the Fort Young Hotel last Friday. Already having committed $15m, and with contributions expected from other financial institutions, […]
Argentina: financing RenovAR
February 15, 2017
Reposted from National Law Review. 2017 will be a year of truth for Argentina’s ambitious renewable energy program (“RenovAR”), which launched in 2015 and set a mandatory renewable energy target of 20 percent by the end of 2025, with incremental targets every two years. In addition to implementing positive reforms in the energy sector, the RenovAR […]
Enel Green Power breaks records in Latin American capacity additions
February 15, 2017
Enel Green Power made significant capacity additions in 2016, including projects in Mexico, Chile, Brazil and Peru. Enel Green Power reported that it added 2,018 megawatts of renewable energy capacity last year, a 124% increase from around 900 megawatts capacity added in 2015. Quite understandably, a good majority of the new capacity was added in […]
2017 CREF-Castalia Renewable Island Index & Project Marketplace
February 13, 2017
All CREF 2017 attendees will have full access to the annual CREF-Castalia Renewable Island Index & Marketplace. The Index, prepared annually by Castalia, measures the readiness of each jurisdiction to develop and implement renewable energy projects. The Project Marketplace is a current database of renewable projects – both distributed and utility scale – in various […]
Antigua and Barbuda: 14,000 LED streetlights to reduce carbon emissions
February 13, 2017
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda is set to replace that country’s existing streetlights with energy-efficient LED lights. This is being done through funding from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The project, which was launched on February 9, 2017, at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, will see over 14,000 high pressure sodium and […]