Smart Grid

Infrastructure deal could significantly improve life in U.S. territories, Puerto Rico

August 17, 2021

On August 11, the Senate voted 69-30 for HR 3684—a landmark piece of bipartisan infrastructure legislation. Allotting $1.2 trillion to long-term infrastructure improvements, it represents a comprehensive national plan for revamping the United States’s transport, water, energy, housing, and internet systems. The promises created by the new infrastructure deal hold immense relevance for the US […]

Electric mobility advances in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of the pandemic – new UNEP report

July 30, 2021

The changes in the use of transport as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the national recovery plans are an opportunity for the governments and companies of Latin America and the Caribbean to accelerate the transition towards electric mobility, according to a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report released today. Source

Haiti’s new hybrid solar smart grid is largest in Caribbean

August 23, 2017

Haiti’s new hybrid smart grid project is up and running, and is already providing 450 kW of clean energy to facilities including a school, a hospital and a car repair shop. Together with the Biohaus Foundation, NPH Germany (a local charity organization), will use this hybrid smart-grid to power all of its facilities in the Haitian […]

EU commits $2.5m to micro-utility Sigora Haiti

March 3, 2017

The European Commission‘s electrification financing initiative, ElectriFI, has made its first investment of US$2.5 million in clean energy micro-utility Sigora Haiti, supplying households, schools and small firms with electricity. ElectriFI received 290 proposals in response to its first call for investment in April 2016 before passing management of the €75 million fund on to the Association of European Development Finance […]