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Argentina to improve policies for small-scale solar and geothermal
February 27, 2017
Argentina seeks to strengthen its policies for solar PV and geothermal, in an effort to increase its renewable energy and create a local solar industry. A new bill supporting the development of distributed generation is expected to be approved by the lower house in the first half of this year, and coming into effect in […]
Brazil state launches incentives for solar energy
February 20, 2017
Brazil’s Goias state launched Thursday a solar power incentives programme with the goal of promoting the generation and use of solar energy. The Goias Solar programme will focus on a myriad of issues such as taxation, financing, de-bureaucratization, development of the supply chain, communication and training of professionals. Despite its name, the programme will also contemplate […]
Barbados to get solar panel manufacturing plant and solar farm
February 15, 2017
General Secretary of the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is welcoming the recent announcement from Canadian-based energy company Deltro, that it will be operating a solar panel manufacturing plant and solar farm in this country. According to General Secretary, George Pilgrim, the initiatives are a representation of the policy of the Freundel Stuart-led Government to […]
Chilean 245 MW solar project secures planning consent
February 9, 2017
The 245 MW Escondido solar PV project is one step closer to construction after Mainstream Renewable Power has secured planning consent from the Chile’s Environmental Assessment Service. The $290m project involves construction of two solar parks located in the communes of Copiapó and Tierra Amarilla: Parque Solar Río Escondido and Parque Solar Valle Escondido. Mainstream […]
Jamaica’s first utility scale solar plant is complete
February 9, 2017
In a significant step for Jamaican renewable energy, Global Energy Services (GES) announced Wednesday that it has completed the construction of the first utility-scale solar plant in Jamaica. With other projects in the queue, including the Seven Rivers project covered previously by New Energy Events, this will be the first of many large solar projects […]
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 […]
Mexico achieves lowest median price for solar energy
February 6, 2017
In total contracts for 1.8 GW of PV projects awarded in Mexico’s second Clean Energy Auction have been signed, according to Mexican solar association Asolmex. The median price for solar is around US$31.70 per megawatt-hour (MWh) in the auction, the lowest median price to date in the world. In the first auction, which was resolved in […]
St. Lucia: Wind, Solar and Geothermal projects to fulfill half of RE target by 2023
January 26, 2017
St. Lucia continues to make progress toward its target of 35% renewables by 2035, says Minister of Infrastructure, Ports, Energy and Labour, Stephenson King. Current projects underway or in the planning stages include a 12 MW wind farm, a 3.2 PV project and a 30 MW geothermal project. “We are also hoping that by the […]
Antigua to revisit net-metering policy for small-scale solar
January 20, 2017
Antigua is reviewing Antigua Public Utilities Authority’s (APUA’s) unpopular net billing policy, however the minister of information was unwilling to say whether it would amended in homeowners’ favour. Presently, the net billing policy limits the savings one can achieve through home solar installation. APUA sells power to the consumer at the commercial rate but credits […]