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Taiwan proposes to supply $150m loan to Haiti for electricity grid
May 31, 2018
Haitian President, Jovenel Moïse, began his current five-day visit to Taiwan with a 30-member delegation, and the Minister of Economy and Finance, Jude Alix Patrick Salomon, announced that Taiwan has granted a loan of US$ 150 million to build an extensive electric grid in Haiti. Haiti remains one of the Taiwan’s last Caribbean allies as neighbors […]
Haiti seeks qualified microgrid developers
January 22, 2018
Haiti’s government, seeking to grow the successful microgrid model, has issued an official next step for the energy sector. The regulatory authority has launched a pre-qualification notice to invite private developers to express their interest in developing and operating mini and micro-networks based on renewable or hybrid energy. The government is prioritizing energy access, as […]
Haiti receives $35 million World Bank grant to scale up renewable energy
November 2, 2017
A World Bank project will infuse $35 million into Haiti’s economy to to scale up renewable energy investments and improve electricity access for Haitians. The project – which entails two grants from two separate World Bank grant programs – will consist of two components: 1) grid-connected energy, such as solar PV to demonstrate viability, while […]
Haiti in discussions with Canada to build micro-hydro
October 25, 2017
Haiti is in discussions with a Canadian utility to build micro-hydroelectric plants across its energy starved communities. In the margins of the Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF 2017), the energy technology advisor to Haiti’s President Moïse, Evenson Calixte, met with a representative of Hydro Québec International to explore the possibility of obtaining technical assistance for the […]
Solar PV and microgrids post-Irma: Some survive, others sustain damage
September 28, 2017
Antigua at 50km from the eye of the storm saw sustained winds at time exceeding 275 km/hour. The solar power system on Antiguga – designed and installed by PV Energy – survived hurricane Irma without damages or substantial system failures. Designed to withstand hurricanes of up to the category 4, each of the 55 solar power […]
Haiti to build hybrid solar/wind power plant
August 23, 2017
Earlier this month, Haitian leaders gathered at the construction site of what will be a 160 kW hybrid diesel/wind/solar power plant – a technology first for Haiti. President Jovenel Moïse, accompanied by his Special Energy Advisor, Evenson Calixte, and the Member of Parliament for the constituency, went to the commune of Irois (Department of Grand’Anse), […]
Haiti’s new hybrid solar smart grid is largest in Caribbean
August 23, 2017
Haiti’s new hybrid smart grid project is up and running, and is already providing 450 kW of clean energy to facilities including a school, a hospital and a car repair shop. Together with the Biohaus Foundation, NPH Germany (a local charity organization), will use this hybrid smart-grid to power all of its facilities in the Haitian […]
Haiti Government to Introduce Bill Removing Import Duties on RE/EE Equipment
July 10, 2017
Frantz Duval, a journalist for Haiti newspaper Le Nouvelliste, reports in a recent article that the Haitian government plans to introduce legislation as part of the 2017-2018 Finance Act which will relieve all renewable energy and energy efficiency equipment from import duties. Although details of the Finance Act are yet to be released, this appears […]
Moïse Poised to Modernize Rural Haiti with Clean Energy
June 8, 2017
Guest Editorial, written by Allison Archambault, President of EarthSpark International The Haitian countryside is beautiful and full of potential. The lack of electricity, however, is debilitating. Haiti’s new President, Jovenel Moïse, has announced that he will prioritize the issue of electricity during his tenure. Making good on his statements around rural electrification would make Moïse […]