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Costa Rica seeks carbon neutrality by 2021
January 20, 2017
President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis, announced during the opening of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week that the country was aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2021. The Central American nation already sources 98 per cent of its electricity from renewables, according to the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE). Costa Rica ran solely on renewable […]
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 […]
El Salvador: $49/MWh solar in latest auction to bring 170MW wind and solar
January 13, 2017
Five projects totaling 169.9 MW comprising solar and wind projects were awarded this week in El Salvador’s second renewable energy auction. Winning bidders included a 50 MW wind project at $98.78/MWh and 119.9 MW of solar PV projects ranging from $49.55 – $67.24. According to El Salvador’s National Energy Board (CNE), the awarded projects will represent […]
Chile approves Ibereólica’s 446MW solar PV plant
January 11, 2017
Chile’s environmental authority (SEA) approved Ibereólica’s 446MW solar photovoltaic project. The $535m project Elena, located to Chile’s Antofagasta district, will be one of the most ambitious solar projects in the region. The project consists of the construction and operation of two identical Photovoltaic Plants (FV-1 and FV-2) of 223 MW each, so that there will […]
Latin America expected to account for 50% of global biogas revenues in the next decade
January 11, 2017
A new report from Future Market Insights suggests a bright future for Latin America’s biogas markets. During the forecast period 2016-2026, the authors stated that between 2016 and 2026, the global biogas revenues will double, with Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Latin America among key regions fueling demand. The APAC biogas market is predicted to grow relatively fast at […]
Mexico eases path to small-scale solar PV
January 11, 2017
Mexico has launched a guide for the interconnection of power generation systems smaller than 500 kW, outlining the technical and administrative aspects of the process. The Secretariat of Energy (SENER) said Tuesday that the government has also taken measures to simplify the procedures for the connection of distributed generation (DG) systems, such as rooftop solar […]
Mexico and US sign framework for cross-border electricity market
January 9, 2017
Mexico and the US may soon be connected by more than just a border, as the US Energy Secretary met with Mexican Energy Department to start building a framework for a cross-border electricity market. Ernest Moniz was in Mexico over the weekend to sign a framework agreement on principles aimed at recreating a similar electricity […]
Argentina: Germany’s Nordex to build 148 MW wind
January 4, 2017
Argentina continues to bring new companies to the Latin American renewables growth market, with Germany’s Nordex Group the latest to announce their entry. With the award of two contracts for the construction of wind farms with a combined capacity of 148 MW, the Nordex Group has successfully entered the new growth market Argentina in December. […]
Brazil cancels only wind and solar auction of the year
December 15, 2016
Brazil’s Ministry of Energy and Mines has cancelled the wind and solar auction scheduled for Dec 19 due to oversupply, says a spokesman from MEM. In a previous solar and wind auction in July, the MEM postponed the solar auction to December, but solar and wind have both been effectively removed, making this the first […]