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Cuba plans to switch on 4.4 MW solar farm in March
February 14, 2018
In 2017, Cuba installed 32 MW of new solar PV bringing the current total is 65 MW, but in March the nunber will rise yet again, with the planned inauguration of a 4.4 MW solar farm. The solar project is nearly completed in the province of Sancti Spíritus. The project required an investment of 12 […]
Aruba releases RFI for sustainable waste management
February 14, 2018
Seeking a national transition to sustainable waste management, the Government of Aruba is actively requesting solutions from the public. Aruba’s objective is to process waste sources so that products can be recovered, and remaining waste will be treated with environmentally friendly methods – a version of a circular economy. For more information regarding this […]
Bahamas energy company forms strategic solar partnership
February 13, 2018
Global Energy Solutions last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a clean energy technical partnership with Orlando-based Sybac Solar, a utility scale PV project developer. The Bahamian company was one of three first-round funding recipients from the Bahamas Striping Group’s investment arm, The Investment Group. The partnership with Sybac will provide Global Energy […]
Solar warehouse opens in Puerto Rico
February 13, 2018
After two decades in Puerto Rico, solar company altE is now operating a local warehouse in Puerto Rico in an effort to reduce the time to deliver solar equipment to island residents and solar installers from weeks to sometimes only hours. The warehouse facility on the island allows altE to handle the shipping logistics and […]
Progress for ocean thermal USVI pilot project
February 13, 2018
Ocean Thermal Energy Corp, or OTE, has finished the first draft of the master plan for a renewables-powered EcoVillage in the US Virgin Islands. Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based OTE designs and develops deep-water hydrothermal clean energy systems that generate renewable power through Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). The company has clearance to build an OTEC pilot project on […]
Caribbean Renewable Energy: Five Projects We’re Watching in 2018

From our Editorial Team
February 1, 2018
St. Lucia solar project site, Image credit: Rocky Mountain Institute The market for renewables in the Caribbean is taking off. Why? Utilities are leading the charge, new pots of grant funding and low-cost capital are easing financial barriers, batteries are coming online to mitigate increased intermittency, and renewables are in many cases cheaper than the alternative. The […]
Teranov receives geothermal licenses for Saba and St. Eustatius
January 31, 2018
Preliminary surface investigations have already begun on Saba and St. Eustatius following the issuing of geothermal exploratory licenses to French developer, Teranov. These permits, exclusive to Teranov, authorize the developer to explore the geothermal resource over three years to qualify the resource for further development. Teranov will also have priority rights to develop the resource. […]
St. Vincent island to get first solar-battery-storage microgrid
January 16, 2018
In mid-2018, St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be connecting its first microgrid to its power system. The EPC contract was signed in late December between St. Vincent and the Grenadines utility, VINLEC, and Curacao solar energy firm, EcoEnergy, N.V. for the utility’s first solar battery storage microgrid. The system, to be built on the […]
Seven Caribbean countries will receive assistance from UAE fund
January 15, 2018
The second round of the UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund was launched on the sidelines of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, taking place this week. The second round will see the $50 million fund establishing partnerships with 7 Caribbean countries, including the Dominican Republic, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia. Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al […]