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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
AME and ENEL bet on green hydrogen in Magallanes
October 9, 2020
Enel, AME, Siemens, Porsche y ENAP will partner in a plan to produce green hydrogen. The pilot plant will be powered by wind energy in the Magallanes Region, Patagonia, Chile. Source
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy launches IPO
December 4, 2018
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Ltd, a company investing in renewable energy projects in the Caribbean, is seeking to raise USD 50 million through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). The Barbados-based company is selling Class B participating and voting shares, with stocks cross-listed in the Jamaica Stock Exchange, and the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange. The […]
Clean energy revolution in Latin America
December 12, 2016
Latin America is already a leader in clean energy. Costa Rica ran for 7 months on clean energy alone last year and Uruguay came close to that. In 2014, the latest year for which comparable data exist, Latin America as a whole produced 53% of its electricity from renewable sources, compared with a world average of […]
Guyana plans clean energy transition
November 21, 2016
Early next year, Guyana expects to deliver its newly developed clean energy transition plan. Announced in Morocco at the COP22 meeting in a joint statement with Norway, Guyana will explore options for implementing clean energy including a facts-based consideration of the Amalia Falls Hydropower Project and all other possible renewable energy options. Read more here.
IDB annual assembly focuses on role of private sector, clean energy
April 8, 2016
This year’s annual IDB assembly focused on the role of the private sector in addressing the need for clean energy and the threat of climate change. Fabrizio Opertti, the IDB’s head of Trade and Investment said that the goal of the meeting is to create a “mechanism for hemispheric dialogue” between the private and public sectors. […]
Central America makes uneven progress in clean energy
March 1, 2016
Despite a decrease in dependence on fossil fuels and an increase in access to electric power in Central America, progress in the region varies dramatically from country to country. Diego Fernández, researcher at the State of the Region Programme (PER) of the Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE). says that between 2000 and 2013, average electrification rates […]
Clean energy expanding even when fossil fuels are cheap
January 14, 2016
Despite the low cost of fossil fuels in 2015, a Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) analysis points to evidence that 2015 was a breakout year for clean energy. It was a record year for global investment with wind, solar panels, biomass plants and more around the world totaling $329 billion in invested capital – and […]
56% of LAC energy from clean sources, says Climatescope
November 27, 2015
According to Climatescope, an index that measures clean energy in 55 emerging nations, clean energy capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean has nearly doubled in the last three years. 56% of the LAC energy now comes from clean sources. According to Michael Hofmann, green growth expert at the Multilateral Investment Fund, growth is driven by […]