The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau has approved $1.2 billion to be used for all electrical infrastructure projects included in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) 10-year infrastructure plan. Source
Latin America is investing too little in a green economic recovery from COVID-19, with only 2% of the region’s stimulus funds being spent on projects that help fight climate change, new data from Oxford University showed. Last year, 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations allocated $318 billion to fiscal and stimulus measures, but the tiny […]
As climate change threatens coral reefs around the world, conservation experts in Latin America have enlisted an unlikely ally to try to preserve them: the insurance industry. Source
The Caribbean Sea’s blue economy, touted as a sustainable solution to the region’s concerns, could be the Caribbean’s last hope. Global Voices produced an analysis of the region’s marine environment faces a long list of challenges. Source
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley today said Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries have an opportunity to increase the penetration of natural gas within the Caribbean, which will aid in providing a clean, secure supply of energy to regional countries as they transition away from sources such as coal and heavy fuel oil. Rowley, who is also […]
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm today launched the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Earthshots Initiative, to accelerate breakthroughs of more abundant, affordable, and reliable clean energy solutions within the decade. The first Energy Earthshot—Hydrogen Shot—seeks to reduce the cost of clean hydrogen by 80% to $1 per kilogram in one decade. Achieving […]
As part of H2 View’s monthly Women in Hydrogen series, created in partnership with the Women in Green Hydrogen (WiGH) network, which profiles women in the hydrogen industry. This month’s interview is with Ana Angel, Manager at Hinicio. Source
CAC 2000 and Tropical Battery have forged an energy partnership under a joint venture called ENRVATE Limited that will trade in energy-saving solutions in Jamaica and the Caribbean. The company, which was incorporated at the end of April and became operational on June 1, is being led by Steven Marston, who recently gave up his […]
The purchase, which was made on Tuesday, June 1, is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2021. This is the second solar plant that MPC Caribbean Clean Energy has purchased since the start of the year. Earlier this year, the renewable energy company, which is cross-listed on the Jamaican and Trinidad and […]
