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Barbados Light & Power selects Landis+Gyr for advanced metering and grid management project
November 2, 2016
Barbados energy utility Barbados Light & Power (BLP) needs to address the challenge of integrating intermittent renewables and balancing load to reduce generation costs. For that reason, the utility has selected Landis+Gyr for a comprehensive smart grid technology project that includes advanced metering through Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream® AMI solution and meter data management. BLP priorities include […]
Sustaining T&T through renewable energy
November 1, 2016
The case for renewable energy in Trinidad & Tobago can be made through solar and wind resources, abundant in the region. Acting alone, the 5,131 square kilometer island cannot have much impact in global emissions, but combined with other initiatives in the Caribbean, there is potential for the country to become a leader in energy […]
El Salvador tender brings in over 1GW of bids
November 1, 2016
El Salvador’s renewable energy tender of 170 MW brought in over 1 GW of bids from 19 companies. The country’s power distributor, Delsur, said that the combined bids of 29 solar and wind projects total $2 billion. Proposals came from local and international investors, including US, Spain, France, Israel, UK and Germany. Delsur expects the […]
Argentina’s second renewable tender opens today
October 31, 2016
Round 1.5 should open today, following onto a successful renewable energy tender in Argentina earlier this year. The RenovAr program will kick off the tender for 400 MW of wind and 200 MW of solar. Read more here.
Colombia to strengthen renewable energy sector
October 31, 2016
Over the next eight months, Colombia will be taking steps to improve its renewable energy sector. Colombia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy and FDN, a national financial institution have partnered to strengthen the Integration Programme of Renewable Energies (PER). This new partnership, through a signed agreement, will endeavor to update the PER with new regulations, […]
Funding of up to $80m approved geothermal development in the Caribbean
October 16, 2016
The Eastern Caribbean will receive US$80 million in funding for geothermal development, part of a US$745 million project approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is cooperating on the $80 million package for the Sustainable Energy Facility of the Eastern Caribbean. The overall project aims to help countries […]
Barbados sets goal for 29% RE by 2029
October 15, 2016
Barbados has plans to end “business as usual” scenarios in the energy sector by 2030. New targets have been set to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 44 per cent through the generation of power from renewable energy, and reduction in electricity consumption by 2030 – 65 per cent and 22 per cent respectively. Prime Minister […]
Mexico selects 23 bidders for $4 billion renewable energy projects auction
October 5, 2016
Mexico has selected 23 bidders for contracts to build 36 new clean energy power plants including wind and solar capacity. The US $4 billion project will support PV solar, wind and other clean energy projects, awarding 8,909 GWh of capacity to the selected firms. Mexico’s National Energy Control Center (CENACE) has stated that the total […]
Winds of change slow to reach Caribbean’s renewable energy landscape
October 4, 2016
A paper published in the current issue of the journal Energy Policy examines the causes behind the slow pace of renewable energy development in the Caribbean. Harrie Vredenburg and colleagues surveyed 36 political jurisdictions in the Caribbean to assess factors that promote and restrict initiatives for greener energy generation. One outcome explained that incumbent electric […]