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Geothermal power plant in Costa Rica to start operating this month
March 1, 2019
A new geothermal power plant in Costa Rica, the sixth in the country, will enter into commission this month. The Pailas II geothermal power plant will add 55MW to the installed geothermal energy capacity of 207MW. This project will generate enough energy for an estimated 55 000 homes, and electricity will be provided at a […]
Dominican Republic breaks ground on PV plant
February 28, 2019
The Dominican Republic has broken ground on a new 5MW solar PV project. U.S. company WCG Energy Ltd started the installation of the photovoltaic park. The solar energy park is located in Mata de Palma, Guerra, and will provide 80 000 inhabitants with electricity. The project will provide 110 million KW per year of clean […]
Largest solar park in Costa Rica completed
February 25, 2019
The Cooperative Solar Park, a 5MW solar energy project in Costa Rica, has been completed, announced the North Zone Electrification Cooperative. It is the largest solar park in the country, alongside another 5MW solar park run by the Costa Rica Institute of Electricity. The solar project consists of 19 000 solar panels. It will generate […]
German wind project developer enters market in Panama
February 25, 2019
PNE AG, a German wind projects developer, has bought five wind energy projects in Panama – their first movie for entering the Latin American renewable energy market. The company delivers clean energy projects through their phases of development, project planning, realisation, financing and operation. Their operations are international, with a presence in fourteen countries on […]
Costa Rica awards contract for microgrid project
February 19, 2019
CleanSpark has won a contract to serve as the technical consultant and microgrid control vendor for a large industrial park in Costa Rica. This is CleanSpark’s first contract outside the United States. The company specialises in advanced engineering, software and controls for innovative energy resource and microgrid deployments. CleanSpark’s statement of purpose is to provide […]
Biomass plant in Cuba soon to be completed
February 1, 2019
The first biomass energy plant built in Cuba with foreign investment is set to enter into commission soon. Once finished, the energy plant will provide clean energy by using the by-products of the local Ciro Redondo sugar mill. This 60MW modern plant is situated 430 km east of Havana. Joint venture BioPower S.A. built the […]
Bloomberg reports clean energy investment exceeded USD300bn
January 24, 2019
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (NEF) have reported that USD 332.1 billion were invested in global clean energy in 2018. This figure is down 8% from 2017, but is nonetheless the “fifth year in a row in which investment exceeded the USD 300 billion mark”, reported the research company. For the solar industry, global PV installations […]
Guatemala’s new rural electrification plan advocates use of renewable energy
January 22, 2019
Guatemala’s Ministry of Energy and Mines has published its new new ‘Policy for Rural Electrification 2019-2032’, which sees the country increase its use of clean and renewable energy sources to provide electricity to inhabitants currently unable to access it. Whilst 92.2% of the the Guatemalan population has access to electricity, 1.5 million inhabitants in the […]
Greener IRP for Cayman Islands accepted by utilities regulator
January 21, 2019
Caribbean Utilities Company’s plan to wean off fossil fuels and support renewable energy integration to the Cayman Islands’ electricity grid was approved by OfReg, the islands’ utilities regulator. The Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which aims to introduce natural gas and increasing the storage and baseload of renewable energy generation projects, was prepared by energy industry […]