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The economics of energy transformation zeroes in on infrastructure in Antigua and Barbuda
February 11, 2021
Prime minister and minister of finance and corporate governance, Gaston Browne has undertaken energy transformation focusing on renewable energy, climate resilience, and a development fund to power Antigua and Barbuda. To facilitate such access, the government will complete the $55 million new airport on Barbuda in 2020. The estimated value of all the projects, which […]
MPC Capital Raises $100 Million USD to build green energy plants in Colombia, Jamaica, El Salvador
February 1, 2021
MPC Capital AG has launched a new entity named “MPC Energy Solutions” after raising $100 million. The entity has listed 5 projects under development in Colombia, El Salvador and Jamaica anticipating construction will start in the second half of this year and begin energy production at the end of 2022. 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
New Fortress Energy to acquire Hygo Energy Transition Ltd. and Golar LNG Partners LP in a $5 Billion transaction
January 13, 2021
New Fortress Energy announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Hygo Energy Transition Ltd. in Brazil for a combined $5 billion. NFE will become the leading gas-to-power company in Brazil, adding 2700MW of power generation operational or in development and robust customer pipeline in the South American country’s rapidly growing natural gas and […]
Grenergy to receive financing for 14 solar plants in Chile
January 13, 2021
Grenergy, the Spanish company producing energy from renewable sources and specialized in the development, construction and operation of photovoltaic and wind projects, has closed with Natixis on financing of 14 new solar plants in Chile for €70 million (around $85 million). Source
Colombia and Chile join forces to lead the incorporation of hydrogen as a clean energy source in Latin America
January 7, 2021
The governments of Colombia and Chile have joined forces to help consolidate a competitive hydrogen export market to other continents, where the two countries position themselves as large-scale producers of this fuel as they continue leading the path toward the energy transition in Latin America. Source
Latin American countries make calls for public bids in renewable energy
January 6, 2021
Several Latin American countries including Argentina, Ecuador and Chile have begun 2021 with calls for public bids in renewable energy. Source
MPC Capital says construction complete on 6.4-MWp El Salvador solar farm
January 5, 2021
Hamburg-based asset manager MPC Muenchmeyer Petersen Capital AG announced that the construction of its 6.4-MWp San Isidro solar project in El Salvador had been finalized. 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 […]