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New CARICOM group to develop regional energy efficiency standards
March 22, 2017
Efforts to standardize energy efficiency in the Caribbean will come to an important juncture next week. A group comprised of nine CARICOM member states will gather in Jamaica for the first meeting of the “regional project team (RPT)” with a mandate to develop regional energy efficiency building codes. The launch and the first face-to-face working meeting […]
Enel Green Power moving to less capital-intensive business model
March 21, 2017
Enel Green Power (EGP), the renewable energy subsidiary of Italian power utility Enel, was able to considerably increase its installed solar capacity in 2016. After publishing its financial results for 2016, the press office of the Enel group provided pv magazine with specific figures on last year’s solar business. According to these numbers, EGP installed […]
USAID brings clean energy training to Caribbean hospitality sector
March 21, 2017
The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Caribbean Clean Energy Program (CARCEP), is supporting energy efficiency across the region’s hospitality sector with a series of energy efficiency workshops. The second in this series was held in Saint Lucia on March 16-17. The forum attracted a cross section of management, […]
Mexico adds 200 MW of wind energy to growing renewable portfolio
March 20, 2017
Global Energy Services (GES) has completed the construction and installation of the 200MW wind farm of EDP Renováveis (EDPR), located in the Coahuila area in Mexico. The project is among the five biggest projects GES has constructed in the country and includes the whole BOP (Balance of Plant): civil works, medium voltage grid, step-up substation, […]
Solar energy coming to Barbuda
March 20, 2017
Antigua and Barbuda is moving closer to its goal of 20 per cent renewables by 2020 with a new 150 kWp solar PV project. Clean energy provider PV Energy Limited will install the PV system in the west of Barbuda, on the Antigua Public Utility Authority’s (APUA) property next to the airport. The grid-connected 150kWp […]
Nicaragua: Vendor selected for solar + battery storage project
March 17, 2017
ViZn Energy Systems Inc. (ViZn), a leading provider of energy storage systems for utility, commercial and industrial (C&I), and microgrid applications, has been selected to provide a 200kW (four hour) flow battery in Central America. The versatile zinc-iron redox battery from ViZn is being combined with an 800kWp solar array that will enable the Rancho […]
Grenergy secures $9.8m to build three new solar plants in Chile
March 17, 2017
Adding to its growing Chilean portfolio, Grenergy has made further headway as a market leader in the Chilean energy industry. The company has secured the financing of three new solar plants in the Andean country with the Inter-American Corporation of Infrastructure Financing (CIFI) for an amount of 9.8 million dollars (9.3 million euros), as reported […]
LAC region attractive market for off-grid solar
March 17, 2017
Latin America has 35 and 40 million people in need of electricity, or 5% of the population, making it an attractive market for companies providing solar-powered off-grid solutions. The region has three major areas that largely remain off-grid. Firstly there are significant parts of northern Central America – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, and […]
JPS and Eight Rivers PPA signed; 37 MW solar project to begin construction shortly
March 17, 2017
JPS has now signed a Power Purchase Agreement, with Eight Rivers Energy Company, which will be constructing a 37MW Solar Power Plant in Paradise Park Westmoreland later this year. Under the agreement, JPS will be purchasing electricity from the new solar facility for twenty years, to the year 2038. New Energy Events reported on this […]