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Cuba adopts new net metering law to promote solar energy development
April 19, 2018
On March 23, the Cuban government signed Law No 345, “On the Development of Renewable Sources and the Efficient Use of Energy,” according to the local organization, Cubasolar. This law aims to increase renewable energy up to 24% by 2030, Cuba’s renewable energy goal. According to local newspaper, Periódico 26, local state-owned power company ,Unión Eléctrica de […]
Operations begin at 5.5 MW solar farm in Cuba
April 11, 2018
Following the inauguration of the first solar park in the Cuban province of Ciego de Ávila – a 4.4 MW farm which begun operations in January – a second plant has begun operations. The 5.5 MW plant, located in the municipality of Chambas, was synchronized to the SEN at the beginning of February and contributes […]
Japan’s development agency sets up shop in Cuba
March 12, 2018
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) opened an office in Havana to assist in the country’s infrastructure development. Cuba requested support for its transportation and energy sectors and JICA intends to expand cooperation between the two nations with the opening of a Cuban office. Cuba’s Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Minister, Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, said the […]
Cuba shifts to solar with $45m OPEC loan
March 2, 2018
Cuba is getting an injection of $45m from OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) to improve access to renewable energy. The $45m loan will fund two solar PV plants in Eastern Cuba and solar powered water heaters for industrial and residential use. OFID is a multilateral financial institution aimed at assisting low-income countries in different […]
Havana Energy announces second biomass plant in Cuba
February 28, 2018
Following the 62 MW Ciro Redondo biomass plant, the British-Chinese group Havana Energy is moving ahead with another 62 MW biomass plant at Mario Muñoz sugar mill. The project, estimated at a cost of $140 million investment, is expected to begin later this year and take two years to complete. The significant investment marks the […]
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 […]
Canadian company to bring solar PV to Cuba
November 21, 2017
Construction on a new solar PV project will start in Northwestern Cuba in January 2018. Deltro Group Ltd. a Canadian-based developer of clean renewable energy projects was awarded a contract to build, own and operate a solar photovoltaic electric generating facility in north western Cuba. The facility will feed into the national grid, operated and maintained […]
Chinese company wins bid for Cuba’s 3.9 MW solar project
September 26, 2017
Cuba has ambitious solar plans to install upwards of 700 MW of solar PV, and China is once again playing a part in that growth. Risen Energy, a Chinese based solar energy module manufacturer, has won the contract for a 3.9MW solar project in Cuba. It was reported earlier this year that a Chinese contractor […]
4.4 MW solar PV project underway in Cuba
June 7, 2017
Work has started on the first large scale PV plant in the Cuban province of Sancti Spíritus, as announced by power utility, Empresa Eléctrica (EE). Radio Havana Cuba, the official government-operated international broadcasting station, said the solar plant will have a capacity of 4.4 MW and will be connected to the local electric grid, Sistema […]