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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 […]
How Dominica has breathed new life into its geothermal project

From our Editorial Team
March 16, 2017
Dominica’s long-standing efforts to develop its geothermal resource have been well documented. Nearly a decade ago an exploratory drilling program confirmed the existence of a viable high temperature resource. Since then, Dominica’s bid to harness its geothermal has seen highs and lows but ultimately the project at Wotten Waven-Laudat – while it has attracted interest […]
Panama solar market booming, will triple solar PV capacity
March 14, 2017
Panama added 46 MW of new large-scale PV capacity in 2016, according to local regulator Autoridad de los Servicios Públicos (ASEP). Seven ground-mount PV plants ranging in size from 500 kW to 10 MW were connected to the local grid, thus bringing the country’s cumulative PV capacity to 89 MW. According to ASEP’s figures, PV […]
St. Lucia 12 MW wind farm on hold after developer pulls out; government stays committed to wind power
March 13, 2017
The Government of Saint Lucia has expressed its commitment to continue to work towards the development of renewable energy on the island. This after US-based firm WindTex Energy disappointingly cancelled plans for a previously announced wind farm on the east coast, less than four months after the new administration gave its commitment to the developer, […]
Antigua and Barbuda complete 11 solar PV installations
March 13, 2017
The twin-island state Antigua and Barbuda has taken a leading role in terms of clean energy supply in the Caribbean. This leadership has been strengthened through the completion of 11 solar installations on the small private island Jumby Bay in the north of Antigua by the renewable energy provider PV Energy Limited. The implementation of […]
Mexico solar PV could triple in 2017
March 10, 2017
The amount of distributed generation PV systems installed in Mexico could triple this year. According to estimates provided by local solar installer Conermex, over 50,000 systems of this kind could be connected to the Mexican grid in 2017. The company claims that this significant increase will be mainly due to the new regulation for renewable […]