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Jamaica issues call for tenders for solar and energy storage project
January 31, 2019
Jamaica’s Water Resources Authority issued a call for tenders and invitation to bid for a solar-powered back-up system for the flood monitoring system at the Rio Cobre. The solar power and energy storage system will be used for the monitoring and alarm system 24 hours a day. It must also be functional both on and […]
Solar power plant enters into operation in Nicaragua
January 23, 2019
A new 300kW solar power plant has been installed in San Juan, Nicaragua, providing electricity to inhabitants who previously had no access to the central grid. ENATREL, the country’s national electricity transmission company, has announced the operation was successful through the investment of USD2.4 million. The solar power plant also includes a battery solar system. Salvador […]
Large-scale PV and storage project begins construction in French Guiana
January 22, 2019
French developer Voltalia has started construction on solar energy and storage project in French Guiana. The Savane des Pères project was awarded to Voltalia after the French government issued a call for tenders in June 2016. The project will benefit from a 25 year contract. The 3,8 MW solar energy plant will be paired with […]
Small-scale solar and storage project installed in Puerto Rico
January 16, 2019
The not-for-profit organisations, Casa Pueblo and Empowered by Light, have announced the successful installation of a solar PV and energy storage system in Puerto Rico. Alongside 16kW of installed solar power, two Tesla Powerwall storage systems will supply a nursing home in La Misericordia. This project will allow the community to replace its diesel generators, […]
Solar park in Antigua enters into commission
January 11, 2019
The Swiss-based clean energy company, The meeco Group, has announced two of its solar projects, totaling 4.44 MWp, simultaneously entered into operation – one in Germany, and the other in Antigua. The projects were both commissioned in December 2018, on the same date. The Bethesda project, in Antigua, built and commissions by PV Energy, is […]
BMR Energy new owner and operator of solar farm in Cayman Islands
January 11, 2019
BMR Energy, a member of the Virgin Group, announced it has bought and will subsequently take over operations for a 5MW solar plant in the Cayman Islands. The company develops and operates clean energy projects in the Caribbean and in Latin America. BMR Energy also has projects in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guatemala and Jamaica. […]
Solar PV project furthers rural electrification in Panama
January 10, 2019
The energy and water foundation acciona.org, the corporate foundation of ACCIONA, a global energy company, has brought electricity to 2.250 people in seven indigenous communities in Panama. The Luz en Casa Ngäbe-Buglé project, the foundation’s first project in Panama installs solar home systems at lower costs than alternative lighting systems. Similar projects have already been […]
El Salvador opened tender for renewable energy project
December 21, 2018
El Salvador has received eighteen proposals, twelve solar PV projects and six biogas, for a 28MW renewable energy project. The National Energy Council of El Salvador, and the electricity distributor DELSUR received this Wednesday the proposals. The call for tenders had been opened in May. Representatives of SIGET, a government agency overlooking electricity and telecommunications […]
Honduras inaugurates solar PV self-consumption project
December 17, 2018
Enertiva, in conjunction with Karim’s Group, have developed a solar project which will provide electricity to a production plant in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Karim’s Group is a multinational company operating in the real estate and textile industry. The Central American energy promoter Enertiva operates in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua. […]