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Are Renewables the Answer for Puerto Rico’s Energy Challenges?
July 24, 2015
Debt levels in the billions and energy rates 2.5 times that of the main-land US are only the start of Puerto Rico’s energy challenges. Could a great commitment to renewable energy be the solution? What changes would Puerto Rico’s utility, PREPA need to make in order to assist with a transition?
ThinkGeoEnergy & New Energy Events, Organizers of GEOLAC 2015, Announce Strategic Partnership
July 23, 2015
ThinkGeoEnergy, the leading providing of news and intelligence to the global geothermal industry, and New Energy Events LLC, the organizers of the annual Geothermal Congress for Latin America & the Caribbean (GEOLAC), have announced a strategic partnership to raise the profile of developments in the Latin American and Caribbean geothermal markets. The partnership will pivot […]
St Vincent geothermal project on track to start-up in 2018
July 22, 2015
According to Emera Caribbean, a partner of the St Vincent & the Grenadines government, a geothermal energy project is set to start by 2018, with drilling starting in 2016.
CAF & Exergy Announce Sponsorship of GEOLAC 2015
July 22, 2015
The organizers of the Geothermal Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEOLAC 2015) are excited to announce that CAF, Development Bank of Latin America, and Exergy, the developers and producers of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) systems, have renewed their sponsorship of GEOLAC for 2015. New Energy Events looks forward to working with Exergy and CAF […]
The World Bank Group to Co-Host GEOLAC 2015
July 22, 2015
New Energy Events, the organizers of GEOLAC, are proud to announce that the World Bank Group will reprise its role as Co-Host of GEOLAC for 2015. The World Bank Group is the single largest multilateral development financier of the global geothermal markets and is currently leading the Global Geothermal Development Plan (GGDP) that has raised […]
Hundreds of Barbadians Participate in Free LED Program
July 20, 2015
Hundreds of people lined up in Barbados last week for Barbados’ fifth LED give away program. Funded by the Barbados Division of Energy, Caribbean LED Lighting, Inc, and Courts Barbados, the program is an effort to get Barbadians to integrate green measures into their daily lives.
Caribbean poised to be next hotbed for renewables, says IRENA official
July 3, 2015
Caribbean poised to be next hotbed for renewables. Earlier this week, Henning Wuester, CAMRIS 2015 speaker and Director of the Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre at IRENA, said that, “renewable energy is abundant, scalable and replicable and every [Small Island Developing State] has indigenous renewable energy resources that can be harnessed and integrated in the […]
$20M Waste to Energy Deal Sealed on Caribbean’s Nevis Island
June 12, 2015
The government of Nevis Island, a small island in the Caribbean Sea, has signed off a deal that will see a waste to energy facility constructed on the island in partnership with Baltimore, Maryland based renewable energy firm, Omni-Alpha. According to the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), the deal has been agreed between the company and […]
Clinton Foundation & RMI Promote Green Energy in the Caribbean
June 3, 2015
This week the Clinton Foundation’s Climate Initiative and the Rocky Mountain institute have joined forces to promote green energy in the Caribbean. Through this partnership, green energy projects from across the region will be selected, financed and developed.