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Jamaica’s health infrastructure overhaul makes progress
October 31, 2017
Jamaica’s healthcare infrastructure will be assessed over the next six months to ascertain improvements needed. The Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said the assessment will determine what the needs are in terms of specialist care, additional beds and operating theatres, among other things. These improvements will benefit many facilities that will receive […]
Anguilla will expand and rebuild air and sea ports
October 4, 2017
Anguilla was decimated by Hurricane Irma, but plans to rebuild better are already in the works. While phone, internet, and electricity are being restored to the island, travel ports are getting an upgrade. The chief minister of Anguilla, Victor Banks, announced that plans are in place for the expansion of Anguilla’s Clayton J. Lloyd International […]
St. Lucian minister calls for increased resiliency of public infrastructure
September 13, 2017
Following a tour of the island after Hurricane Irma, St. Lucia’s Economic Development, Housing, and Transport minister, Guy Joseph, issues a call to revisit building codes for public infrastructure. “I think that in Saint Lucia, me for example, as Minister of Housing, if we are going to be engaged in the construction of public housing, […]
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 […]
Central America and Caribbean to invest $3.3b in smart grid infrastructure
August 1, 2017
Facing high electricity losses from theft and challenges incorporating renewable energy onto the grid, Central America and Caribbean region’s utilities will invest $3.3 billion in smart grid infrastructure over the next decade to address these challenges. With the support of international development agencies, several flagship projects are being developed and indicating a start of a growth […]
Nassau’s Arawak Port receives $3m from IDB to install solar PV and efficiency upgrades
June 30, 2017
The Arawak Port in Nassau, Bahamas is set to have solar PV, LED lights, and other energy efficiency activities after signing a $3m loan from the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), the private sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The power generated from the solar PV system could exceed the power required for the […]
Chile’s transit system to be powered by renewable energy
June 22, 2017
Chile’s capital city is set to become home to one of the first subways in the world to source a majority of its power needs from renewable energy. Metro de Santiago, Latin America’s second largest subway system, will source 60 per cent of its energy from solar and wind projects. In a statement Metro de […]
Bolivia allocates $43 million for solar PV and grid improvements
May 18, 2017
The Bolivian government will allocate $43.2 million to rural electrification works in the departments of Potosí and Chuquisaca, to benefit more than 27,200 homes, reported the Vice Ministry of Electricity and Alternative Energies. According to the institution, the project will improve electrification and renewable energy access for 14,600 homes in rural areas with additions and […]
Chile looks to neighbors for energy exports and grid connection
January 20, 2017
Chile is exploring an increase in energy exports to Argentina and connecting electricity grids in Argentina and Peru, as it seeks to capitalize on friendly relations to drive down prices. Chile, which has almost no hydrocarbons of its own and an energy-intensive copper mining industry, has struggled for years with high power prices. But a shift […]