Latin America

Three insights from the IEA on the future of hydrogen in LAC

Por favor revise más abajo versión en español Latin America is one of the world’s leading regions for renewable energy production and use and is, as a region, one of the major players in the international push for low-carbon hydrogen. Currently more than 11 countries have either launched or are in the process of launching […]

IDB Invest strengthens Uruguay’s national power system with renewable energy production

IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, has provided a $67 million financial package for Tealov S.R.L (Tealov), a Uruguayan special purpose company (SPV) sponsored by Invenergy Renewables Global LLC (Invenergy) to develop the Cardal Transmission Project in Uruguay. The financial package includes a $11.5 million loan and a $55.5 million B-bond, acquired in […]

Pennsaco Technologies signs MOU to deploy green hydrogen technology in Latin America

Pennsaco Technologies, LLC, a U.S. based  green hydrogen and advanced carbon capture and recycling technology company, today announced that has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Net Zero Carbon Solutions, LLC, a U.S. and Latin America based consultancy providing net zero carbon technology solutions to the oil and gas industry, to deploy Pennsaco’s technology in Latin America. […]

Where We Mine: extractives in Latin America

As the drive to expand renewable energy capacity speeds up, there is a rush for lithium and other materials around the world. What will the expansion of rare earth mining in Latin America mean for the indigenous communities and workers who have historically borne the harms of the extractives industries? Thea Riofrancos, author, explains how […]

Private sector launches task force to increase hydrogen market in Brazil

A group of private sector companies led by Shell announced the creation of a task force to increase the competitiveness of hydrogen in Brazil before COP26.   Source (in Portuguese) 

UK sets out to implement its hydrogen strategy by 2030

As the U.K launched its Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution last year, developing a thriving low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK is a key plank of the government’s plan to build back better with a cleaner, greener energy system. With the potential to overcome some of the trickiest decarbonization challenges facing […]

UN weather agency: millions affected by climate change and extreme weather in Latin America and Caribbean

Climate-related and geophysical events resulted in the loss of 312,000 lives and directly affected more than 277 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean, a new report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) revealed on Tuesday. Source

For many, hydrogen is the fuel of the future. New research raises doubts.

Industry has been promoting hydrogen as a reliable, next-generation fuel to power cars, heat homes and generate electricity. But a new peer-reviewed study on the climate effects of hydrogen, the most abundant substance in the universe, casts doubt on its role in tackling the greenhouse gas emissions that are the driver of catastrophic global warming, as reported by […]

Ormat wins contract for San Jacinto geothermal plant expansion

Polaris Infrastructure Inc. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement with a wholly subsidiary of Ormat Technologies Inc. for the supply of a 10 MW (net) Binary Unit at its San Jacinto geothermal power plant in Nicaragua . The additional Binary Unit is in response to Polaris’ previously announced December 2020 extension of the Power Purchase Agreement […]