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Colombia inaugurates first solar farm
September 13, 2017
Colombia’s efforts to diversify its electricity mix is finally coming to fruition. The first utility-scale solar project is now online, a 9.8 MW ground-mounted project with modules provided by Jinko Solar. Colombian renewable energy company, Celsia, developed the project and has plans to develop a further 250 MW in Colombia and Panama. PV projects registered […]
UAE to fund renewable projects on five islands
September 13, 2017
Following the February opening of the $50m UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund, the United Arab Emirates has selected the Funds first five projects in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. According to the UAE, the projects symbolize what renewables and partnership can offer, particularly following Hurricane Irma. Barbuda will see immediate implementation of […]
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, […]
Drilling rig soon to arrive at Nevis geothermal project
September 12, 2017
With limited news over the past few months, the developer of the geothermal project on Nevis in the Caribbean has now announced that it was able to clear the site for the drilling rig a mere four days prior to the arrival of Hurricane Irma. With the completion of the preparation, the Nevis Geothermal project […]
Construction begins at Peru’s largest wind farm
September 7, 2017
Enel Green Power Peru has started construction on Wayra I, a 132 MW wind farm project in the district of Marcona, in the Ica region. When completed, the $165 million Wayra I will be Peru’s largest wind farm. “The construction of Enel’s first wind farm in Peru furthers our presence in the country and demonstrates our […]
Guyana’s oil boom and how the private sector can catalyze transformation
August 23, 2017
Guest Editorial written by Sally Yearwood, Executive Director of Caribbean Central America Action. The emergence of Guyana as the new frontier for oil and gas exploration has brought the South American nation to the threshold of unprecedented economic expansion. Current estimates of the three wells that have been confirmed thus far suggest that Guyana could be producing 500,000 […]
Haiti to build hybrid solar/wind power plant
August 23, 2017
Earlier this month, Haitian leaders gathered at the construction site of what will be a 160 kW hybrid diesel/wind/solar power plant – a technology first for Haiti. President Jovenel Moïse, accompanied by his Special Energy Advisor, Evenson Calixte, and the Member of Parliament for the constituency, went to the commune of Irois (Department of Grand’Anse), […]
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 […]