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Enel Chile to add 30 MW to Cerro Pabellon
August 1, 2018
Enel Chile will be installing 600 MW of renewables sources in the country. The company has executed a three-layered plan. The first and second will see the development of a 380 MW solar park in the regions of Antofagasta and Atacama and a 100 MW wind park between the regions of Biobío and Araucanía. The […]
Promising results at Nevis geothermal drilling site
August 1, 2018
Thermal Energy Partners (TEP) has provided details on their successful drilling efforts on the Island of Nevis. This discovery has made the company confident that the resources in the island are economically viable and have the potential to supply power to the island resident and industries. Given the high temperatures of the geothermal resources, TEP […]
Mexico announces new US$50m program for geothermal development
August 1, 2018
Mexico announced a new geothermal risk transfer program aimed at reducing exploratory risk and financial barriers for developers. The program, developed by the Inter-American Development Bank through the Clean Technologies Fund with NAFIN, SENER, and INEEL has the objective of increasing geothermal electricity capacity in Mexico by easing several key barriers. The financing component of […]
Chile has potential to attract US$ 20b in investments for geothermal
July 30, 2018
The Geothermal Roundtable of Chile has issued its final report which highlights the potential of creating over 3,800 MW of geothermal energy. Requested by the Geothermal Council of Chile and the Ministry of Energy, the report comes at the conclusion of 13 workshop sessions with the Geothermal Roundtable which were held during 2017. In terms […]
Nevis will focus on geothermal energy only for its renewables
July 23, 2018
In pursuit of a sustainable energy program the federal government, will concentrate its efforts in geothermal energy, and therefore will not be actively pursuing other forms of renewable energy. The Hon. Mark Brantley, premier of Nevis and the Minister of Energy, stated that geothermal developers believe that the island has enough resources to satisfy the […]
Ocean Thermal Energy company headed to US Virgin Islands
July 23, 2018
Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation, a project developer using ocean thermal energy conversion, has announced that a team from the organization will be in the US Virgin Islands this week to advance a planning process. The corporation will meet with local stakeholders and professional advisors of the island to discuss the process. Jeremy P. Feakins, Chairman […]
Geothermal resource potential discovered in the north of Mexico
July 16, 2018
Off the coast of Los Cabos, scientists have discovered a site with high geothermal energy potential which could meet the electricity needs of both Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo. This discovery, made by scientists of the National Autonomous University (UNAM), consists of deep-sea deposits which contain hydrothermal vents off the southern coast […]
Mexico to see 750 MW of new geothermal energy by 2029
July 12, 2018
The Mexican Energy Ministry has issued 24 new exploration permits and six production permits for the development of geothermal energy projects. The production permits have been assigned to the 570 MW Cerro Prieto plant, which provides 40% of the electricity of Baja California, 10 MW Tres Virgenes also in Baja California, 225 MW Los Azufres […]
Geothermal plant in Nicaragua reached record-level power generation
July 6, 2018
Polaris Infrastructure, a Canadian company involved in operations, acquisitions and development of renewable energy projects in Latin America, provided an update on the operations of the geothermal plant in San Jacinto, Nicaragua. The company stated that the geothermal plant reached a record-level power generation of 139,000 MwH or approximately 63.5 MW, which was achieved […]