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St. Kitts & Nevis Government expects renewable energy projects to take off in 2016
December 22, 2015
The government of St. Kitts and Nevis expect substantial job creation to result from a $610 million investment into geothermal and wind energy. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. Timothy Harris, said in a budget presentation: “We must see this alternative energy, this new industry, as providing new opportunities for employment, for new skills […]
Brazil planning first floating solar farms at hydropower plants
December 16, 2015
Brazil is using nascent technology to expand the production of renewable energy, with plans to build 10 MW of solar farms that will float atop two hydropower dams. The farms will be attached to the Sobradinho and Balbina dams in Bahia and Amazonas, respectively, and will be controlled by Brazilian utility companies, Centrais Eletricas do […]
Mexico passes Energy Transition Law
December 13, 2015
The Mexican solar industry reports having a positive outlook for 2016 after the Chamber of Deputies approved the Energy Transition Law (LTE) earlier this month. The law contains goals and mechanisms for incorporation of renewable energies into the electric grid and comprises the final phase of Mexican energy reform. Previously stuck in the Senate for more […]
Gamesa to develop 500 MW of wind turbine tower plant in Mexico
December 6, 2015
Gamesa signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Mexican Electricity Board (CFE) to co-develop a wind turbine tower plant in Mexico with the Daniel Alonso Group. According to Gamesa’s Latin American managing director Hipólito Suárez, “Execution of this agreement will lead to the creation of hundreds of jobs in the tower manufacturing area and by […]
Iceland: Geothermal Energy Has Saved Massive Amount of CO2 Emissions
December 5, 2015
The national energy agency of Iceland, Orkustofnun, has evaluated CO2 savings by using geothermal instead of oil from 1914 through 2014. The accumulated savings are 140 million tons by utilizing geothermal instead of using oil for heating and production of electricity; last year the annual savings amounted to 7.5 million tons of CO2, 57% for […]
Caribbean Hotel And Tourism Association Urges United Nations Conference To Support Caricom Position On Climate Change
December 4, 2015
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is calling on the global community to support CARICOM’s position advocating for a cap on the world’s temperature rise at 1.5 degrees Centigrade as part of their deliberations during the United Nations Climate Change Conference, taking place in Paris through December 11th. CHTA cites research that points to […]
St. Kitts & Nevis PM calls for legally-binding agreement with ambitious emission reduction targets
December 3, 2015
This week at the COP 21 meetings in Paris, Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris of St. Kitts and Nevis called for a “legally-binding agreement with ambitious emission reduction targets.” In order to mitigate the current and future impacts of climate change, the St. Kitts delegation seeks that five-year commitment cycles with review. According to the […]
389 MW of solar installs in Honduras in 2015
November 24, 2015
According to a report by the National Electric Energy Company, 398 MW of solar power has been installed in Honduras thus far in 2015. An additional 161 MW are scheduled to be installed for the start of 2016. Though less than 1 MW of solar was installed in 2014, Honduras has now become the second biggest […]
Chilean Government to auction land for renewable energy projects
November 23, 2015
Last week the Chilean government announced that it will auction off nearly 20,000 acres of land in the area around the city of Taltal for renewable energy projects in 2016. Most land will be allocated specifically for wind-energy projects. As of October 2015, Chile had 2,275 MW of renewable energy projects.