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Meet Joe Biden’s Top Officials on Latin America and the Caribbean
January 29, 2021
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 departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Education, and the Small Business Administration. What experience with Latin America and the Caribbean will his cabinet and top advisors bring to the table in the region? […]
COVID-19 and climate change prompt an energy rethink in Trinidad and Tobago
January 26, 2021
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 Trinidad and Tobago’s energy security and a concerted diversification of the nation’s energy mix. Source
Abu Dhabi Fund to start 2021 with project allocations worth $169 million, earmarks $50 million for Caribbean
January 25, 2021
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, one of the UAE’s leading financial entities, continued to advance its sustainable development agenda within the country and abroad through clean-energy initiatives. In 2021, approximately $50 million is earmarked with an aim to deliver renewable energy projects across 16 Caribbean Island nations. Source
2020 Island Resilience Action Challenge: Uniting to define resilience in the face of climate and health threats
January 20, 2021
By: Kimberly Lewis, Lead Fellow, Advanced Energy Group At the tail end of a notably unprecedented and challenging year, Advanced Energy Group (AEG) and New Energy Events (NEE) virtually hosted the Island Resilience Challenge (IRAC). IRAC is a one-of-a-kind annual workshop focused on identifying key barriers to grid resiliency in the Caribbean and determining actionable […]
Puerto Rico awaits first procurements to add 3.75 GW solar, 1.5 GW storage
January 20, 2021
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 four-hour storage, or their equivalents. Source
France’s island territories get solar-plus-storage at average price below €100/MWh in latest auction
January 14, 2021
The cost of solar energy paired with battery storage on France’s island territories has fallen yet again, as the European country awarded contracts to winning bidders in its latest tender process. Source
InterEnergy acquires 34-MW wind farm plus pipeline in Dominican Republic
January 12, 2021
Energy solutions provider InterEnergy Group announced the acquisition of the 34-MW Matafongo onshore wind farm plus an under-development project pipeline in the Dominican Republic. Source
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From our Editorial Team
January 4, 2021
Few among our number will be sorry to put 2020, an undeniably challenging year, behind us. At the outset, in particular, the prognosis looked grim. Economies across our region were in a state of existential crisis, and unemployment was rife. Clean energy, we feared, might be relegated to the back burner, crowded out in the […]
WRB/GPP reach settlement with Government of Grenada, transfer Grenlec shares
December 29, 2020
WRB Enterprises (WRB) and Grenada Private Power Limited (GPP) announced it had executed a Settlement Agreement with the Government of Grenada agreeing to transfer their majority stake in Grenlec to the Grenadian government in exchange for the payment of USD $63 million, thereby making the Government of Grenada the majority shareholder of Grenlec. Source