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Colombia starts construction on its first solar power project
February 12, 2017
Electricity company Celsia will begin work on a 9.9 MW project in March, and grid connection is expected later in 2017. Colombian developers Celsia say that the project, the first solar plant in Colombia will be located in the southwestern region of Valle del Cauca. The plant will be built and operated by Celsia subsidiary […]
Haiti goes solar: Rooftop PV system inaugurated in Champ-de-Mars
February 8, 2017
Monday, de facto President Jocelerme Privert, inaugurated a state-of-the-art solar power plant with a capacity of 100 Kw to permanently illuminate the Champ-de-Mars area. The implementation of this integrated high-tech system developed by the Canadian consulting engineering firm GENINOV, with a subsidiary established in Haiti since 2009, was financed by the World Bank and should […]
37 MW Jamaican solar farm receives USAID grant
January 3, 2017
The record-setting 8.5 cents/kWh PPA for the 37 MW Jamaican solar farm has lined up financing through the USAID, and the project remains on track to begin construction this year. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded the first grant through the Clean Energy Finance Facility for the Caribbean and Central America (CEFF-CCA), […]
Colombia: solar industry to grow under new investment
December 23, 2016
Colombia has significant solar energy resource yet has struggled to grow the industry. A new joint investment into a PV firm in Colombia is set to give a much needed boost to the construction of solar projects in the region. Innova Capital Partners, LLC (Innova) and Fondo de Capital Privado de Emprendimiento e Innovación SP […]
Cayman: renewables could meet 60 MW capacity need
December 16, 2016
In a public meeting this week in Cayman, The Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) revealed it expects to add up to another 60 megawatts of power to the current 100 MW it produces now. The capacity additions will likely come from wind, solar, and waste-to-energy, with ocean thermal also on the table. CUC and consultants from […]
Chile: Abengoa’s PV/CSP hybrid plant resumes progress
December 15, 2016
Chile’s round-the-clock solar power project is back on, reports BN Americas. The Atacama 1 plant will use 100 MW PV and 110 MW of Concentrating Solar Power – which has the capacity to store heat and provide energy even when the sun doesn’t shine. The project will be connected the Chile’s northern SING power grid, […]
Guyana: clean energy gets a boost from local bank
December 5, 2016
Guyana’s clean energy sector is about to get a boost from local bank – Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) – which is now fully powered by solar PV at a cost of GYD$27.5m. The bank says it will offer a special eight percent interest rate for companies and businesses interested in installing similar technology. The 25,000 square foot […]
Chile connects Latin America’s largest solar plant to the national grid
November 23, 2016
Acciona Energía has completed the 246 MW El Romero solar plant in record time, says general manager José Escobar. Located in the Atacama desert of Chile, the US$343 million plant is the largest in Latin America, featuring 776,000 polycrystalline silicon PV modules that are spread over a 280 hectare area. The plant is designed to […]
El Salvador solar gets $50m funding
November 22, 2016
El Salvador might be seeing more solar in its future. The Obama administration announced its intention to provide further funding for renewable energy worldwide, including solar projects in El Salvador. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government’s international finance division, will commit $50m towards eight utility-scale solar PV projects in El Salvador. These projects will […]