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Three key takeaways from CREF 2022

From our Editorial Team
May 19, 2022
After what seemed like an eternity of screen time, the 2022 Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF 2022) took place recently in Miami and reunited the market around the energy transition in the region. Now that the dust has settled, we asked Caribbean leaders and experts to reflect on their top takeaways from this year’s event. […]
Four Things to Know About California’s Hydrogen Market – and Why Latin America Should Pay Attention

From our Editorial Team
July 21, 2021
California is getting serious about hydrogen. Governor Newsom’s recent executive order calling for the elimination of new internal combustion passenger vehicles by 2035 cited the state-wide target of 200 hydrogen stations by 2025. Various legislators are also pushing for $300 million of the state budget to be set aside to bolster hydrogen-related infrastructure. Against this […]
Latin American policymakers commit to hydrogen at inaugural H2LAC

From our Editorial Team
April 15, 2021
Hydrogen has the potential to change the face of Latin America and the Caribbean for generations to come, transforming its economies and decarbonizing its industries. As we kicked off the first annual Hydrogen Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean (H2LAC), we convened a panel of policymakers to gauge their vision and understand their approach. […]
3 Takeaways from the 5th Caribbean Infrastructure Forum

From our Editorial Team
March 31, 2021
Against the backdrop of a post-pandemic recovery, Caribbean stakeholders convened on March 24-25 at the 5th Caribbean Infrastructure Forum (CARIF) around the need – and the opportunity – to finance and build the next generation of economy-boosting, resilient infrastructure. Here’s our three main takeaways. 1. Focus less on bricks & mortar, more on bits & […]
Can we revitalize Caribbean economies through investment in infrastructure?

From our Editorial Team
March 17, 2021
The arrival of COVID-19 on Caribbean shores threatened to unleash a double-digit recession in a region dependent on air, sea and land transport to connect and grow its economies. After all, the travel and tourism sector contributed nearly US$59 billion to the Caribbean’s gross domestic product in 2019. Over the course of a recent discussion […]
Prioritizing the role of women in building clean and decarbonized economies across Latin America and the Caribbean

From our Editorial Team
March 3, 2021
Why women working in the energy sector will play a vital role in LAC’s economic recovery Even before COVID-19, the promise of full gender equality remained unfulfilled in Latin America and the Caribbean despite the fact that women in the labor force improves competitiveness. By one analysis from McKinsey & Company, published prior to the […]
Where is the Caribbean clean energy transition headed in 2021?

From our Editorial Team
February 8, 2021
Did the much-touted clean energy transition in the Caribbean survive intact through the pandemic? The consensus, it seems, is that we’re licking our wounds – but that it’s alive and kicking. New Energy’s editorial team spoke to Caribbean specialists and industry insiders to check the region’s vital signs, gauge market sentiment, and get a sense […]
Could green hydrogen broker a detente between renewable energy and Mexican oil sectors?

From our Editorial Team
January 20, 2021
Private companies and the Mexican government have been duking it out in public, the media and in court for the last two years over the future of the country’s energy sector, which was primed to usher in a new era after the 2013 market reform. Many investors, particularly in the renewable energy space, flocked to […]
2021 is here. We want to know, how can we support you?

From our Editorial Team
January 4, 2021
Few among our number will be sorry to put 2020, an undeniably challenging year, behind us. At the outset, in particular, the prognosis looked grim. Economies across our region were in a state of existential crisis, and unemployment was rife. Clean energy, we feared, might be relegated to the back burner, crowded out in the […]