Haiti

World Bank provides funds for agriculture resiliency in Haiti, flood risk management in Guyana

The World Bank has approved more than US$33 million for two Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries to further develop the agricultural sector and flood risk management.   Source

World Bank Provides Funds for Sustainable Renewable Energy in Haiti

The World Bank said it’s upping its financing of the Haiti Renewable Energy for All Project to scale up investments in order to expand and improve access to electricity for health infrastructure, households, businesses and community services.   Source

Haiti makes big moves for rural solar mini-grids

The Haitian Government launched a new program for the development of privately led mini-grids in Haiti. PHARES (Programme Haïtien d’Accès des communautés Rurales à l’Energie Solaire – Haitian Program for Access to Solar Energy in Rural communities) is a bottom-up supported by both IDB and World Bank. The program provides subsidies to private developers/operators to […]

Haiti Suspends Payments to State-Run Energy Company

Haitian Finance Minister Joseph Jouthe confirmed that the government has suspended US$7 million in monthly subsidies to Électricité d’Haïti (EDH). According to Jouthe, the state-run energy company should be able to secure loans. EDH is currently owed $230 million dollars, 60% of that from residential customers. Source

Trinidad and Haiti among islands receiving UAE support for climate-resilient energy projects

The UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF) has entered the second cycle of its $50 million three-year plan to build climate-resilient renewable energy projects in 16 Caribbean nations. It said it has successfully completed new development and funded agreements for the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guyana, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. The […]

Haiti publishes RFQ for grid modernisation and expansion

Haiti’s National Regulation Authority for Energy (ANARSE) has published its third RFQ in collaboration with Energy Cell MTPTC and EDH and with the support of USAID. This request for quotation (RFQ) concerns the country’s North East Grid. The grid will cover 10 cities and currently has 24,000 active customers and should power more than 55,000 customers. The duration […]

Haiti’s National Regulation Authority for Energy announces second RFQ

The National Regulation Authority for Energy (ANARSE) of Haiti has announced its second Request for Qualification (RFQ) for a grid modernisation project in collaboration with Energy Cell MTPTC and EDH, and with the support of USAID.   Haiti’s government recently announced its new policy of privatising electricity grids, aiming to make its electricity system more efficient […]

Haiti Announces RFQs & Confirms Delegation at CREF

The organizers of CREF are pleased to welcome Nicolas Darius Allien, responsible for the energy sector in the Haitian government, and Evenson Calixte, head of the national regulator, and other leading Haitian stakeholders to the CREF agenda in 2019. The Haiti delegation will walk CREF delegates through Haiti’s recently announced RFQs, as well as broader energy sector […]

Haiti releases RFQ for power grid, and solar and LNG plants

The Haiti National Regulation Authority for Energy has just released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the concession of one of the country’s power grid currently operated by EDH, the state’s electric utility. The RFQ is a collaboration between Energy Cell MTPTC and EDH, and was developed with the support of USAID, the US international […]