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    Brazil adds 507.8 MW of renewable energy in April

    May 11, 2023

    Brazil added 507.8 MW of wind, solar, and hydropower generation capacity in April. Overall, the country added 1,643 MW of wind and 1,243.4 MW of solar sources in the first four months of the year. Source: Renewables Now 

  • ContourGlobal Plc sells its Brazilian hydropower enterprise for US$327 million

    July 13, 2022

    ContourGlobal Plc, the UK energy producer, sold its hydropower enterprise in Brazil for US$327 million. Patria Investments will take over. Source: Renewables Now 

  • Brazil’s Elera to invest US$790M in renewables

    June 9, 2021

     Elera Renováveis plans to invest almost 4bn reais (US$790mn) in Brazilian hydro, solar and wind power projects in 2021-22, a company spokesperson announced.   Source

  • 5 ways to decarbonize national oil companies in Latin America and the Caribbean

    February 17, 2021

    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 […]

  • Mauritius signs deal for first Tesla cascading hydro plant

    May 28, 2020

    True Tesla Technologies Mauritius (TTT) has signed a partnership deal with CEB to install a hydro-power plant. Tesla’s technological innovation comes in to supply renewable energy in Mauritius. Among other innovators, TTT got the nod to develop the first pilot cascading Hydro Plant producing 100kW to the national grid in Mauritius. The firm showcased its […]

  • Jamaica takes a closer look at pumped hydro

    March 26, 2020

    Jamaica has started studying the potential for pumped hydro storage on its electric grid to supply the grid with energy in times of need, as announced by Prime Minister Holness.  The project envisions pulling water from the Middlesex aquifer in St Ann parish and pumping the water to reservoirs at higher elevations. The water would […]

  • Celsia Solar Bolivar PV plant in Colombia

    Invenergy, EPM partner to bring more renewable energy capacity to Colombia

    December 2, 2019

    U.S. energy firm Invenergy announced a joint venture with with Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) to bring more than 400MW of renewable energy capacity to Colombia over the next five years. EPM is looking to expand beyond hydropower, which includes its problem-plagued Hidroituango dam project. This new enterprise has Invenergy developing and operating wind and […]

  • Japan donates three hydroelectrical stations to El Salvador

    July 16, 2018

    Last week the government of Japan donated three hydroelectrical stations, each with an estimated value of US$560,000, to three universities in the country: Universidad de El Salvador, Universidad Centroamerciana and to the Universidad Don Busco. The donation is meant to serve as a tool and provide expertise to local university students. Japan has estimated that […]

  • South Korea delegation explores hydroelectricity in Nicaragua

    May 24, 2018

    The Nicaraguan government is currently promoting investment projects in renewable energy with businessmen from South Korea. Upon completion of feasibility studies for large hydroelectric projects, Korean funds and multilateral funds will finance their construction and operation. The deputy director of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, Ji Woo Kim, led the delegation, praising Nicaragua […]

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