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Climate and Migration: Two Biden priorities meet in the Northern Triangle
April 26, 2021
US President Joe Biden will kicked off what promises to be a signature campaign of his presidency: a mission to rally nations around the world to unprecedented climate action. At a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, Biden will mark the return of the United States to the Paris Agreement with what is expected to be […]
Scientists link record-breaking hurricane season to climate crisis in Central America
November 19, 2020
Climate scientists say that this year’s record-breaking hurricane season and the “unprecedented” double blow for Central America has a clear link to the climate crisis. Source
Two contenders selected for Guatemala’s renewables call for tenders
August 13, 2019
The Guatemalan National Institute of Electrification recently announced a call for tenders for a 110MW solar PV project last May. Two companies, Total Eren Guatemala and Klondike Corporation have submitted proposals which are currently under consideration. The first is a branch of French company Total Eren, and the second a company associated with Norway’s Scatec […]
Guatemala announces three upcoming calls for tenders
February 11, 2019
Guatemala’s Electric Company (EEGSA) has announced it is preparing three calls for tenders for energy projects. The first call for tender is for a project lasting for a period of one year from May 2019, and providing 71MW. The second and third projects, of an unspecified energy production, are for a period of four years […]
Guatemala’s new rural electrification plan advocates use of renewable energy
January 22, 2019
Guatemala’s Ministry of Energy and Mines has published its new new ‘Policy for Rural Electrification 2019-2032’, which sees the country increase its use of clean and renewable energy sources to provide electricity to inhabitants currently unable to access it. Whilst 92.2% of the the Guatemalan population has access to electricity, 1.5 million inhabitants in the […]
Waste to energy technology deployed in Guatemalan brewery
January 18, 2019
Cervercería Centro Americana (CCA), a brewery in Guatemala, is using Global Water & Energy (GWE)’s waste to energy technologies to convert wastewater to biogas. This method will increase the brewery’s environmental performance, reduce fossil fuel dependence and costs, improve the quality of organic matter removal, and may provide an additional profit to the company, as […]
USD 15.5 million financing for Guatemalan solar company
September 11, 2018
The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), the Dutch development bank, has recently announced its debt financing plan for Kingo, a pay-as-you-go solar power provider in Guatemala. With the seven-year local currency loan totalling $15.5million dollars, Kingo will buy and install solar panels and ensure the general growth of the company to serve its current 300,000 […]
Private company in Guatemala turn to solar
July 16, 2018
Laboratories Farkot, a pharmaceutical company in Guatemala, has installed 377 solar panels in their production plant. The solar local company Enertiva, which will oversee the project, is expected to provide a total of 120 KW for the company. This project is expected to save US$ 20,000 yearly – 35% of the total electrical costs – […]
Ormat acquires Guatemala’s El Ceibillo geothermal project
January 29, 2018
U.S. Geothermal will be acquired by Ormat Technologies Inc., with the transaction expected to be finalized in Q2 2018. U.S. Geothermal has operating geothermal plants in the Western United States, and projects in the development phase in the same region, as well as the El Ceibillo project located near Guatemala City, Guatemala. This latest acquisition […]