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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 […]
Geothermal leaders meet in Central America to explore increased geothermal capacity
August 23, 2017
Central American countries are world leaders in terms of installed geothermal energy, but have the potential for 20 times current installed capacity. This geothermal potential could serve as a key tool to low-carbon economic development, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), if regional governments can adopt the policy and regulatory frameworks necessary to […]
Mexico and Chile wind farms secure significant project finance
August 21, 2017
In Chile, Aela Energy has obtained US$410mn for two wind farms, while Zuma Energia has borrowed US$600mn for what will be Latin America’s largest wind farm, located in Mexico. Aela Energy is a joint venture between Mainstream Renewable Power and Actis. The project financing will be provided by the Inter-American Development Bank, BTMU, SMBC, Korean […]
Barbados to retrofit 13 government buildings with solar PV
August 21, 2017
The Barbados government is set to begin a $5.5 million solar rooftop project in October. Local developer, Solar Watts Systems, Inc., will retrofit 13 government buildings with solar PV, with the first install at government headquarters. Senator Darcy Boyce, who is the minister for energy, has overseen the agreement, which includes funding from the Inter-American Development […]
Puerto Rico utility to add 240 MW solar
August 21, 2017
By June 2019, Puerto Rico power utility Autoridad de Energia Electrica (AEE) will add 240MW of solar capacity. These plans were revealed in a press conference by AEE director, Ricardo Ramos Rodríguez, who noted that the capacity will be generated by large-scale PV projects built through private investment. All projects are already contracted. A further 300 […]
Argentina launches new tender for 1200 MW of renewables
August 18, 2017
On Aug 16th, Argentina launched the RenovAr Ronda 2 national auction for the supply of 1,200MW of renewable energy capacity. Through the tender, announced via a resolution in the official gazette, authorities will seek to award 550MW wind, 450MW solar, 100MW biomass, 35MW biogas, 15MW biogas from landfills (waste-to-energy) and 50MW small hydropower capacity. Maximum PPA prices […]
JinkoSolar supplies 35 MW of solar PV modules to Gransolar Mexico project
August 11, 2017
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that it has supplied 35.46 MW of solar modules to Gransolar, a specialist renewable energy construction company, for a PV project in Mexico. JinkoSolar supplied its high efficiency PV modules to the largest solar power plant in […]
Battery energy storage coming to Martinique wind farm
August 9, 2017
Nidec ASI will be installing 5MW / 5MWh of battery energy storage at a utility-scale wind farm on the French island territory of Martinique, aimed at stabilising and maximising the flow of energy onto the grid. The Grand Rivière wind project, a 14MW wind farm on the Caribbean island, which comprises seven wind turbines of […]
Dominica geothermal project secures financing as plant designs expected shortly
August 9, 2017
After securing a project manager in June, Dominica’s geothermal project continues to move forward and designs for the plant are expected to be completed by Q3 2017. “In June of this year, the government of New Zealand recruited a project manager who is now engaged with DGDC,”Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit told legislators recently, adding “funding […]