Climate Infrastructure

Chile plans six green hydrogen projects by 2025
December 28, 2021
Corfo, a Chilean development agency has approved six hydrogen projects with a cumulative electrolyzer capacity of 396MW for development, financed by US$50 million in public subsidies. These projects are expected to increase the production of green hydrogen to more than 45,000 tons per year and attract new investments of US$1 billion. Their goal is to […]
IDB closes year with nearly US$20 billion in new financing for the Caribbean and Latin America
December 28, 2021
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and its private-sector arm, IDB Invest predict they will end 2021 with $19.5 billion in new investments for Latin America and the Caribbean. The financing is the second-highest annual total in the history of the organizations. The investments have helped countries start to recover from the pandemic and shift towards […]
KBR Awarded Study to Support Green Hydrogen Growth in Trinidad and Tobago
December 28, 2021
The Inter-American Development Bank is set to finance a study awarded to KBR with the objectives to establish a green hydrogen market in Trinidad and Tobago. The aim of the study is to identify development opportunities in a low carbon economy with the creation of a plan to get to Net Zero through technological innovation. […]
EDF Renewables wins a microgrid tender in Peru combining solar power generation and storage, to supply the biggest remote city in the world
December 21, 2021
EDF Renewables have been awarded the tender for a microgrid in Iquitos, Peru and plans to develop and operate around 100 MW of photovoltaic capacities, and more than 100 MW of battery energy storage. The agreement includes a 20 year PPA with the state-owned electricity distribution company, Electro Oriente aiming to provide electricity at a […]
Brazil’s Ceara okays 850 MW of wind, solar projects
December 21, 2021
Two 849.9 MW of wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) projects were approved by the state council on the environment of the Brazilian state of Ceara (Coema). One being the 439.9-MW Complexo Fenix wind power complex proposed by local company Rio Energy Desenvolvimento de Renovaveis SA and the second, a 410-MW Serra Dantas PV complex, from […]
AES Brasil to invest in a green hydrogen plant in Ceará
December 20, 2021
The Government of Ceará in Brazil recently signed an MOU with AES Brazil that aims to increase investments in the state’s green hydrogen sector. The MOU was the 14th signed by Ceará in this rapidly emerging market, and will lead to the construction of a green hydrogen production plant in the Pecem industrial and port […]
MPC Energy Solutions and Leclanché form strategic collaboration for utility-scale energy storage solutions in St. Kitts and Nevis
December 20, 2021
MPC Energy Solutions (MPCES) has partnered with Leclanché, one of the world’s leading energy storage companies, publicly listed in Switzerland (SIX: LECN), to build the previously announced 35.7 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) and 18.2 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project designed with Leclanché Energy Management Software (L-EMS) in St. Kitts’ Basseterre Valley, next to […]