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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 […]
Chile plans 1GW solar park
November 17, 2016
Chile plans to develop a 750 MW to 1 GW solar park to support the mining industry in the Atacama region. The new solar park, “Solar District” will need $4 billion of investment and create 3,000 jobs in the process. Plans for the solar park were announced at COP22 in Morocco by environment minister, Pablo […]
Jamaican National Water Commission initiated solar tender
October 27, 2016
Earlier this year, the National Water Commission (NWC) of Jamaica initiated a procurement for delivery of solar PV systems from international bidders in order to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels. A pre-qualification round was initiated on 22 August, through which international private, public and government-owned entities were invited to apply. Government-owned entities were required, however, […]
Largest solar plant in the Caribbean starts producing power
September 18, 2016
An investment in excess of 160 million has resulted in the second largest solar farm in Puerto Rico and the largest of its kind in the Caribbean. Greece-based company METKA-EGN built the facility and will commission and operate it following completion later this year. CEO Andreas Mustad considers this a “landmark moment for Sonnedix”, noting that […]
Bermuda Utility Revises Net Metering Program for Solar
September 13, 2016
Bermuda’s net metering program, launched in 2010, is coming to an end after Bermuda Electric Light Company Limited (BELCO) has decided to replace it with an avoided cost compensation scheme. This revision is likely to reduce the level of new residential and commercial PV installations. The current 335 participants will continue to receive the subsidy, […]
Cuba’s Future Looking Sunny with Solar Power
September 10, 2016
Savings of over half a million dollars in fossil fuel spending has motivated Cuba to further invest in renewable energy infrastructure projects. The Pinar 220 solar park near Pinar del Rio in western Cuba uses 12,080 PV panels, has fed almost 6 GW of electricity to Cuba’s national grid and generates an average of 12 […]