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Deetken Impact Sustainable Energy announces its first investment in solar energy in Jamaica with Soléco Energy
September 15, 2021
Impact asset manager Deetken Impact Sustainable Energy (DISE), is thrilled to announce its first investment in solar energy in Jamaica. An investment sponsored by woman-led Soléco Energy. DISE’s investment is carried out through its two renewable energy managed Funds, H-REFF (Honduras Renewable Energy Financing Facility) and CABEF (Caribbean Basin Sustainable Energy Fund), that co-invest in […]
Tender – Communication work on geothermal in Guadeloupe
September 10, 2021
The INTERREG – Energy Transition in the Caribbean (TEC) project and the Regional Council of Guadeloupe has announced a tender for a service provider to do communication work. The deadline for the submission of tenders will be on 28 September 2021 at 12:00 (Guadeloupe time). Source
Building a microgrid that stands its ground in the storm-tossed Caribbean
September 1, 2021
Microgrids act as an alternative, incorporating cleaner fuel sources, such as solar, and cutting the costs of fuel from diesel. Equally important, new microgrids are being designed to operate through the islands’ fierce, hurricane winds and heavy rains across the Caribbean. Source
Caribbean, Central America solar development advances
September 1, 2021
Various companies across Central America and the Caribbean reported advances in developing solar capacity in the region. The report highlights the Dominican Republic’s national energy commission (CNE) has authorized photovoltaic resource studies for four solar projects which hold provisional concessions. It also highlighted the provisional licenses granted in Panama to Argentum Solar and Caldera Energy for […]
LUMA Energy says grid stabilization work has begun
September 1, 2021
Following a power outage that affected more than 100,000 people across Puerto Rico, LUMA Energy said it had begun work to stabilize the island’s grid, El Vocero reported. Source (in Spanish)
Evergo projects 500 electric charging stations in Dominican Republic by close of 2021
September 1, 2021
With more than 300 charging stations for the latest electric vehicles, Evergo, a subsidiary of the parent company InterEnergy Group, plans to close the year with 500 stations in the national territory. “Ahead of the future of electric mobility in the Dominican Republic, with the deployment of the most extensive network in the region, Evergo […]
Policy action for climate resilient energy systems in small islands vulnerable to hurricanes
August 25, 2021
With over 30 storms named, 2020’s Atlantic hurricane season was the most active on record and the tenth consecutive year with eight or more billion-dollar disasters. Caribbean consistently ranks as one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change and is prioritizing adaptation measures and infrastructure that may reduce the costs of climate-related disasters and build […]
Caricom countries set out COP26 outcomes
August 17, 2021
The executive director of the Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Dr Colin Young, says the consequence for Caribbean countries will be “very dire” if the delegates to an international conference in Glasgow later this year fail to respond positively to the sixth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC’ […]
UN weather agency: millions affected by climate change and extreme weather in Latin America and Caribbean
August 17, 2021
Climate-related and geophysical events resulted in the loss of 312,000 lives and directly affected more than 277 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean, a new report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) revealed on Tuesday. Source