Guest Editorial - New Energy Events

Build Forward: An ambitious initiative to accelerate the energy transition in the Caribbean

By Therese Turner Jones and Roberto G. Aiello While the Caribbean’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions are low compared to the global aggregate, the region is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, manifest in rising sea levels, warmer temperatures and increased intensity of hurricanes. The last three years have also seen a record rise […]
What the Caribbean Needs from COP26

Nowhere in the world needs COP26 to deliver more than the Caribbean. As the effects of climate change accelerate, New Energy asked key figures from across the region to tell us what they hope for, and what the international community needs to do to support the bid for resilience and the energy transition in the […]
Three insights from the IEA on the future of hydrogen in LAC

Por favor revise más abajo versión en español Latin America is one of the world’s leading regions for renewable energy production and use and is, as a region, one of the major players in the international push for low-carbon hydrogen. Currently more than 11 countries have either launched or are in the process of launching […]
How Covid has changed the Caribbean renewable energy business, and how the renewable energy business can help the economic recovery of the Caribbean

By: Bruce Levy, President & CEO, BMR Energy The short term economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Caribbean has been devastating. Affecting governments, businesses and individuals alike, unemployment was – and still is – rife and the recovery will be long and slow. A year ago many of us felt that the impact […]
5 ways to decarbonize national oil companies in Latin America and the Caribbean

By: Paola Carvajal, Javier García, Carlos Sucre and Christiaan Gischler, IDB The global hydrocarbon industry has been a long-time pillar of energy systems supplying in 2018 around 54% of global primary energy. This supply comes at a high cost in terms of carbon emissions as it accounted for 56% of the planet’s carbon dioxide emissions […]
How do we close the energy sector gender gap?

By Virginia Snyder, Energy Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank As the global power sector becomes cleaner and more technologically advanced, there is one critical area which lags: diversity and gender equality. Globally, women represent only 20 percent of the energy sector workforce. Across Latin America and the Caribbean, women account for only 17 percent of senior […]
For Puerto Rico, how many stakeholders are too many? Former energy regulator considers island’s recovery and future

Jóse Román Morales, former Chairman of Puerto Rico’s Energy Commission, sat down with New Energy Events recently and shared his views on the resilience of the newly reconstructed grid, impediments to investment, and the independence of the new Energy Bureau. Do you believe that Puerto Rico’s reconstructed grid is better able to withstand and recover […]
Why resiliency changes the investor view on the Caribbean energy sector

Guest Editorial written by Doug Hewson, Managing Partner, Portland Private Equity As we enter the 2018 hurricane season, we are beginning to understand how last year’s monumental storms have impacted private equity’s view on the Caribbean energy sector. It’s no secret that the regional energy sector has many issues: reliance on fossil fuels, sub-scale markets, and […]
Puerto Rico: Transparency and the Importance of an Independent Regulator

Guest Editorial written by Tomás J. Torres Placa, Executive Director of the Institute of Competitiveness and Economic Sustainability Puerto Rico finds itself at a critical juncture in its history. The island has an unprecedented opportunity to transform its electric system by integrating more diverse and renewable generation sources and creating a competitive and […]