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Cayman’s first utility scale solar plant to be commissioned next month
March 24, 2017
A previously delayed 5 MW solar project in Cayman has resumed progress and construction will begin next week. The array, abutting Pease Bay Pond on a former vegetable farm, will begin producing 5 megawatts of electricity for the Caribbean Utilities Company by late April, completing a project delayed since October, and launching Cayman’s first industrial experiment […]
MOU to establish credit line for renewable energy projects in Mexico
March 23, 2017
A new agreement signed by the Nacional Financiera (Nafin) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) could ease financing for renewable energy projects in Mexico. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on Tuesday will enable the two organizations to cooperate on issues related to sustainable development in Mexico, including green financing. More specifically, the institutions could […]
Dominican Republic inaugurates 1MW solar facility at airport
March 23, 2017
President Danilo Medina inaugurated a 1MW solar PV plant at a facility at the Las Américas International Airport last week. It is the second PV plant at an airport in the country. The other project, in operation since 2013, is a 1.5 MW PV plant at Cibao Airport. The solar plant was installed at the […]
Grenada receives grant for geothermal development
March 23, 2017
The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a grant of US $231,630 to the Government of Grenada to build its capacity for planning and implementation of its geothermal energy development roadmap. The resources are from the Global Environment Facility through the Inter-American Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Facility for the Eastern […]
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 […]