Solar - New Energy Events

Colombia’s Ecopetrol orders 26-MWp solar project for self-supply

Colombian oil company Ecopetrol SA is supporting a 26-MWp solar project in the department of Huila, southern Colombia, in an effort to power its own operations and reduce regional emissions. Ecopetrol said that is has awarded a contract for the project development to utility AES Colombia, a subsidiary of Chile-based power company AES Andes SA […]
MPC Energy buys 15.8-MWp solar plant in Mexico

MPC Energy Solutions NV announced on Tuesday that it has established a presence in the Mexican renewables market with an arranged acquisition of Los Santos Solar I, a 15.8-MWp operational solar photovoltaic plant located in the northern state of Chihuahua. Source
Financing pipeline for Caribbean solar projects

Soleco Energy looks to secure US$25mn (syndicated amount US$11.1mn, financing amount US$13.9mn) for a portfolio of distributed generation assets in Jamaica for a combined 11.25MWp which will be contracted with commercial and industrial clients through long-term lease contracts in a first phase, as reported by BNA Americas. Source
Global energy firm plans big solar plant in Jamaica

Europe-based global clean energy firm MPC Energy Solutions, which is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in Norway, is reporting that it has leased several acres of land in Jamaica as part of a major project to develop a 72.5-megawatt, MW, solar power plant here. MPC Energy focuses on sustainable energy infrastructure and runs green […]
Deetken Impact Sustainable Energy announces its first investment in solar energy in Jamaica with Soléco Energy

Impact asset manager Deetken Impact Sustainable Energy (DISE), is thrilled to announce its first investment in solar energy in Jamaica. An investment sponsored by woman-led Soléco Energy. DISE’s investment is carried out through its two renewable energy managed Funds, H-REFF (Honduras Renewable Energy Financing Facility) and CABEF (Caribbean Basin Sustainable Energy Fund), that co-invest in […]
MPC Energy Solutions selects EPC contractor for the construction of new 21 MW solar power plants in El Salvador

MPC Energy Solutions has selected ISOTRON SA, part of Spanish Grupo ISASTUR, as EPC contractor for the construction of its Santa Rosa & Villa Sol solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in El Salvador, which have a combined capacity of 21.07 MWp. The construction will commence in September upon financial close with the project financing lender. The […]
EU donates $16 million for solar panel project

European Union through the Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) program has donated €2.4 million or TT $16 million to Trinidad and Tobago for Solar Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels. As part of the initiative, 12 recipients were given grants for the installation of small-scale roof-mounted solar panels to be used to supply energy for power […]
Canadian Solar Wins 45 Mw Solar Battery Storage Project For Barranquilla, Colombia

Canadian Solar Inc. yesterday announced it has been awarded the first utility-scale battery storage project in Colombia. The 45 megawatt-hour project was awarded in a public tender launched by Colombia’s Ministry of Energy and Mines, via its affiliate UPME, the Mining and Energy Planning Unit. Located in the city of Barranquilla in northern Colombia, this project […]
Dominican Republic inaugurates 120 megawatt solar energy park

President Luis Abinader inaugurated the largest renewable energy park in the Antilles and another act, the Duarte highway kilometer 58, both works in the province of San Cristóbal. The president’s plan began in Yaguate with the inauguration of the Girasol Solar Park of the electric generation company EGE Haina, built for 100 million US dollars. […]