Dr. Vince Henderson of the Government of Dominica confirmed progress on the first two well pads for a 10 MW geothermal power plant in Laudat. The entire project will take around 18 months to complete. Source: Associate Times
The Barbados Workers’ Union, Barbados National Oil Company Limited, and Emera Caribbean signed an MoU to begin constructing a US$25 million, 10 MW solar plant at Mangrove, St. Philip, within a year. Source: GIS Barbados
The European Commission unveiled plans to produce ten million tons of green hydrogen inside the EU by 2030, and they plan to import another ten million by the same year. Source: Recharge News
Portugal’s GALP is looking to Brazil to expand its renewables portfolio. The company doubled its global clean energy investments after purchasing a 4.8 GW project pipeline. Source: Clean Energy News
Punta Arenas, Chile, has become a hydrogen capital with three advanced hydrogen projects currently in the works and plans to construct a port that will allow the export of green hydrogen to the world. Source: Latercera
Shell and Brazil’s Porto do Açu are teaming up to build a green hydrogen plant. The terms of the MoU include the construction of a 10 MW green hydrogen plant by 2025. Source: Nasdaq
According to US-based management consultancy Opimas, the market for ESG data could exceed US$1.3 billion by the end of the year. Source: Environment Analysis
The government of Panama, with other energy companies, including SGP BioEnergy, plan to develop an advanced biorefinery to increase the supply of lower-carbon aviation fuel. The biorefinery in Panama expects to produce around 180,000 barrels of biofuel per day, including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable marine diesel. Source: Reuters
