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Private sector in Panama issues call for integration of renewable energies
October 16, 2018
The Society for Engineers and Architects of Panama (SPIA) called for the Panamanian government to further promote the use of clean renewable energies. The importance of the integration of solar and wind energies in building and development projects was argued during the XVI International Congress for Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and Industry. The theme of […]
El Salvador to provide incentives for FDI in solar sector
October 15, 2018
El Salvador recently announced its aim to attract more investments, especially from India, in its renewable energy sector through a package of tax benefits and incentives. El Salvador Ambassador to India, Ariel Andrade Galindo, said “We are looking to collaborate in solar energy. India is becoming one of the largest countries with lots of expertise […]
Second solar plant in Honduras reaches commercial operation
October 3, 2018
The Los Prados solar power plant, a 35 MW project undertaken by Scatec Solar and Norfund in Honduras, is now connected to the grid, and has reached commercial operation. The project, which is expected to provide 73 000 kWh of electricity per year to 16 3000, thus reducing CO2 emissions by 40 000 tons per […]
Hotel in Costa Rica running on solar
September 20, 2018
The Hotel Westin Reserva Conchal, in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, now has the largest installation of solar energy for self-consumption in the North Pacific region of the country. Enertiva installed the solar system, made up of more than 1 382 solar panels, which has the capability to provide 463 kWp. This project was developed by the […]
Honduras receives technical assistance from OLADE for solar project
September 20, 2018
The Latin-American Energy Organization (OLADE) will provide technical assistance to Honduras to support its energy sector and infrastructure. OLADE’s Executive Secretary, Alfonso Blanco, announced that the official meeting to further the institution’s relationship with Honduras was successful, a sentiment echoed by the Honduran Secretary of Energy, Roberto Ordoñez, and Ambassador María del Carmen Nasser. Honduras […]
Antigua and Barbuda green lights the stalled solar and storage project
September 20, 2018
A solar PV and grid-stabilising energy storage facilities project in Antigua and Barbuda will go forward, led jointly by clean energy provider PV Energy, and state-owned utility APUA, and supported by the Citizenship by Investment Unit. The project will help realise the goal of ensuring environmental sustainability in Antigua and Barbuda. The Green Antigua and […]
Solar-hydrogen storage project in French Guiana brings on new investor
September 13, 2018
The CEOG (Centrale Électrique de l’Ouest Guyanais) project in French Guiana announces a new equity partner. Meridiam, a leading organization in sustainable infrastructure, is acquiring 60% of CEOG alongside HDF Energy to finance and develop the project. Scheduled for a 2020 commission date, the new investor will help accelerate the development of the project, which […]
USD 15.5 million financing for Guatemalan solar company
September 11, 2018
The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), the Dutch development bank, has recently announced its debt financing plan for Kingo, a pay-as-you-go solar power provider in Guatemala. With the seven-year local currency loan totalling $15.5million dollars, Kingo will buy and install solar panels and ensure the general growth of the company to serve its current 300,000 […]
Guyanese factory turns to solar
August 29, 2018
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the Guyana rum producer, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), plans to build a solar farm for power generation. In Guyana, only one large-scale photovoltaic project is currently being developed, a 100 MW facility planned with the support of the Norwegian government . Guyana plans to more than double its power generation output from 749 […]