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Webinar – Covid-19 & Investment in Caribbean Infrastructure

From our Editorial Team
May 11, 2020
How is Covid-19 re-shaping the need for infrastructure investment in the Caribbean, and our ability to finance it? Watch a complimentary webinar held on Thursday, May 14th with leading figures from the regional and international infrastructure community who answer these questions and more. To watch this complimentary webinar, click here. Webinar topics include: What do […]
US company secures sizable contract to build four LPG spheres in Caribbean
May 8, 2020
US contractor McDermott International’s storage business, CB&I Storage Solutions, has secured a sizeable contract to build four liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) spheres for a Caribbean energy infrastructure project. Under the work scope of the contract, McDermott’s storage business will perform engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction services for four LPG spheres, each measuring about 88ft in […]
US$1 trillion energy investment coming to LAC
November 22, 2019
Latin America and the Caribbean could see a US$1 trillion windfall in energy and infrastructure investments over the next five years, according to a senior U.S. Treasury Department official. It is expected that a portion of that funding may flow through the América Crece program, launched in 2018 to address myriad barriers to infrastructure development […]
Costa Rica secures $550 million for electric passenger train
November 18, 2019
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) has approved a US$550 million loan to the government of Costa Rica toward development of an electric passenger train for the Great Metropolitan Area (GAM), running from Cartago to Alajuela. The estimated US$1.3 billion total needed for infrastructure and equipment will be funded via a PPP that […]
Haiti publishes RFQ for grid modernisation and expansion
September 26, 2019
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 […]
Panama issues its first green bond
September 17, 2019
Panama’s first green bond has been emitted by the InterAmerican Corporation for Infrastructure Financing (CIFI). CIFI is the leading non-bank financial institution in Latin America and the Caribbean specializing in infrastructure and energy financing, and has many years of experience in the sector. CIFI has employed MMG Bank to structure and allocated this USD 200 […]
Haiti’s National Regulation Authority for Energy announces second RFQ
August 30, 2019
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 […]
Barbados government commits to electric buses and all-electric fleet by 2030
February 18, 2019
Electric buses will start operating throughout Barbados ‘by year-end’, said Minister of Energy Wilfred Abrahams. Initially, the Ministry of Transport will order twenty buses and work towards an all-electric fleet of government vehicles over the next 11 years. Minister Abrahams said, “We are moving to a completely electric fleet not just of buses but Government vehicles […]
Guatemala’s new rural electrification plan advocates use of renewable energy
January 22, 2019
Guatemala’s Ministry of Energy and Mines has published its new new ‘Policy for Rural Electrification 2019-2032’, which sees the country increase its use of clean and renewable energy sources to provide electricity to inhabitants currently unable to access it. Whilst 92.2% of the the Guatemalan population has access to electricity, 1.5 million inhabitants in the […]