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Electric vehicles and renewables will need a dramatic rise in mineral supply, IEA warns
May 8, 2021
The supply of critical minerals crucial for technologies such as wind turbines and electric vehicles will have to be ramped up over the next decades if the planet’s climate targets are to be met, according to the International Energy Agency. Source
U.S. lawmakers say new grant gives Puerto Rico an opportunity to rebuild electrical grid using renewable energy
March 1, 2021
United States Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Representative Nydia M. Velázquez announced that the recently issued $9.46 billion grant to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) can be used to build a more resilient and environmentally friendly electrical grid that simultaneously ensures Puerto Rico can be less energy import dependent and […]
Coronavirus: The Caribbean is the First Domino to Fall, but There is Hope

From our Editorial Team
April 9, 2020
Guest Editorial by David Gumbs, James Fletcher & Justin Locke COVID-19 is crushing tourism-based, import-dependent economies across the Caribbean. Recovery will be slow—but it can also be revolutionary. Guest contributors David Gumbs, James Fletcher and Justin Locke frame for us a vision for how regional governments, with the help of multilateral institutions and global philanthropy, […]
PREPA’s Proposed Rate Hike Rejected; Delay Sought on RSA Hearing
February 6, 2020
The Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly recently rejected a measure that would increase electricity rates, as part of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) restructuring support agreement (RSA) with the public utility’s bondholders. The rate hike, required under the RSA, could increase electricity costs up to 20 percent over the next five years for all […]
Report: Restoring post-storm power to Puerto Rico took a year
December 2, 2019
A new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) revealed that nearly a year passed before electricity generation was fully restored to pre-storm levels in Puerto Rico. The annual Power Plant Operations Report states that government agency PREPA, responsible for the territory’s electricity supply, lost 80% of its transmission and distribution network following Hurricanes […]
Companies competing for PR’s utility concession announced
January 21, 2019
Four proponents have entered the secondary selection phase to determine which company will manage and operate “all aspects” of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (Prepa)’s electricity transmission and distribution system. “Now we begin the transformation of our energy system in the Island. Under a public-private partnership we will be developing a system that responds to […]
Puerto Rico authorities receive bids for utility grid’s concession
December 10, 2018
Puerto Rico’s Public-Private Partnerships Authority (P3A) has received proposals from five private companies bidding for the management and operation of Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority’s (Prepa), transmission and distribution system. These requests for a public-private partnership will be evaluated to determine the best contender “to carry out the transformation and modernization of the energy system […]
Taiwan to assist in building Haiti’s electricity grid
August 7, 2018
Taiwan will help Haiti build an electricity grid in Port-au-Prince. The project will strengthen its infrastructure development and secure diplomatic ties between the two nations. The project seeks to upgrade: (1) the existing electrical substations, (2) the electricity distribution networks and (3) the transmission towers. It also seeks to train local people on maintenance of […]
Taiwan proposes to supply $150m loan to Haiti for electricity grid
May 31, 2018
Haitian President, Jovenel Moïse, began his current five-day visit to Taiwan with a 30-member delegation, and the Minister of Economy and Finance, Jude Alix Patrick Salomon, announced that Taiwan has granted a loan of US$ 150 million to build an extensive electric grid in Haiti. Haiti remains one of the Taiwan’s last Caribbean allies as neighbors […]