Industry Analysis

Trammo, AustriaEnergy and Oekowind Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Exclusive Green Ammonia & Green Hydrogen Offtake in Chile

Trammo DMCC, a subsidiary of Trammo, Inc., a leading global commodities merchandising and trading company, and ASOE Chile Diez SpA, a company owned by AustriaEnergy Group which manages renewable projects from development through construction and operation, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for an exclusive green ammonia offtake of the entire output of a green hydrogen/green […]

Puerto Rico Energy Bureau OKs $1.2B in electrical infrastructure projects

The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau has approved $1.2 billion to be used for all electrical infrastructure projects included in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) 10-year infrastructure plan.   Source

Dominican Republic inaugurates 120 megawatt solar energy park

President Luis Abinader inaugurated the largest renewable energy park in the Antilles and another act, the Duarte highway kilometer 58, both works in the province of San Cristóbal. The president’s plan began in Yaguate with the inauguration of the Girasol Solar Park of the electric generation company EGE Haina, built for 100 million US dollars. […]

Hard-hit by COVID-19, Latin America seen skimping on climate cash

Latin America is investing too little in a green economic recovery from COVID-19, with only 2% of the region’s stimulus funds being spent on projects that help fight climate change, new data from Oxford University showed. Last year, 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations allocated $318 billion to fiscal and stimulus measures, but the tiny […]

Threatened Caribbean coral reefs get a new ally: the insurance industry

As climate change threatens coral reefs around the world, conservation experts in Latin America have enlisted an unlikely ally to try to preserve them: the insurance industry.   Source

The Caribbean Sea faces dual threat of climate change and overfishing

The Caribbean Sea’s blue economy, touted as a sustainable solution to the region’s concerns, could be the Caribbean’s last hope. Global Voices produced an analysis of the region’s marine environment faces a long list of challenges.   Source

NeoEnergia and Brazil’s Pernambuco state government enter into MOU for the production of green hydrogen

Neoenergia and Brazil’s Pernambuco State Government signed today (6/10) a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build cooperation for the development of a pilot project for green hydrogen production at the Suape Port – Complexo Industrial Portuário Governador Eraldo Gueiros. The initiative expects to find opportunities to enable demand for the product and prepare Suape Port […]

SDG Index 2021: How did Caribbean countries perform?

Released annually, the Sustainable Development Report is a key resource for tracking countries’ progress towards achievement of the SDGs which are part of the 2030 Agenda for Development agreed to by UN Member States, including those in the Caribbean, in 2015. For those Caribbean countries ranked, Cuba was the highest with a rank of 49 […]

Mexico plans to develop electrolyzers locally to boost hydrogen in the region

The National Institute of Electricity and Clean Energy (INEEL) announced it is turning to hydrogen generation as a priority of the their clean energy transition to promote this type of technology in the country. INEEL is particularly interested in the application of hydrogen to generate electricity. Currently, they are focused on a project with the […]