Utility-Scale

Jamaica’s 51.5 MW Paradise Park solar project begins operations

October 3, 2019

Neoen, one of the world’s leading renewable energy independent power producers and the majority shareholder in Paradise Park, a 51.5 MWp PV farm based in Westmoreland, Jamaica, together with the solar park’s co-shareholders, Rekamniar Frontier Ventures and MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Fund, is today announcing the energization and commencement of its operations at the plant. […]

Report Details Decade of Strides in Renewables

November 29, 2018

Renewable Energy Caribbean has published a major new report exploring 10 years of progress in the Caribbean renewable energy market. New Energy Events was pleased to contribute to this review, which highlights significant progress in wind and solar and identifies a series of landmark projects across the region. View and download the report here.

British solar company lights the way for utility-scale solar in Cuba

June 5, 2016

After half a century of isolation and dependence on foreign oil, Cuba is building an energy portfolio derived from the wind, sun and sugar. Hive Energy has secured a contract with the island nation to deliver 50 MW of solar power. Upon completion, the project  is expected to generate up to 93 GWh of electricity […]

Asset Manager, Entropy Investment Management, buys largest utility-scale solar plant in Panama from Hanwha Q CELLS and partners

September 14, 2015

In one of the more interesting acquisitions in the region, Entropy Investment Management has acquired 100% of the largest utility-scale solar field in Panama. Hanwha, along with local developer Renventure, EPC SEMI, ASEP, and others developed this project before the sale.

Soventix breaks ground on utility-scale PV plant in Dominican Republic

September 5, 2015

German IPP, Soventix, recently broke ground on a 30 MW utility-scale PV plant in Dominican Republic area of Monte Plata. Until this plant goes into operation early next year, the largest solar arrays in the Dominican Republic comprise a pair of facilities both less than 2 MW. This project is one of three large PV […]

Conergy eyes solar tenders in LAC Region

July 16, 2015

As part of its strategy to increase participation in the Central and Latin American (LAC) regions, German-based solar company Conergy plans to develop private utility-scale solar projects in Mexico, Chile and Brazil.