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German wind project developer enters market in Panama
February 25, 2019
PNE AG, a German wind projects developer, has bought five wind energy projects in Panama – their first movie for entering the Latin American renewable energy market. The company delivers clean energy projects through their phases of development, project planning, realisation, financing and operation. Their operations are international, with a presence in fourteen countries on […]
Contract signed for El Salvador’s first wind park
February 18, 2019
Ventus SA de CV (Ventus) has signed a contract with El Salvador’s Economy Minister Luz Estrella Dominguez to build a 54MW wind park. Ventus is a unit of the Guatemalan power generation operator, Tracia Network Corporation, and will be in charge of the wind park’s construction. This project will be financed over ten years by […]
60 GWh wind power plant inaugurated in Costa Rica
January 17, 2019
The Cacao Wind Energy Farm in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica, will benefit 20 000 homes and 127 000 people, it was announced at the facility’s opening ceremony. This wind farm is one of nine currently in development in the northwestern region of the country, and the second built by Coopeguanacaste in that province. […]
Guyana to explore its wind power generation potential
January 4, 2019
Guyana’s Ministry of Public Infrastructure has installed wind measurement stations along its coast to determine the potential of wind as a source for energy generation. “Our department has done a lot of work with solar energy over the years”, said Horace Williams, CEO of Hinterland Electricity Company Incorporated (HECI), the body undertaking this project. “We […]
More than 60% of the energy in El Salvador comes from clean and renewable source
December 11, 2018
Renewable energies are now the principal source of electricity generation in El Salvador. More than 60% of the energy produced in the country comes from clean and renewable sources, largely thanks to the “diversification of the national’s energy matrix” and the development and “introduction of solar, wind, biomass, biogas and hydroelectric energy sources”, announced the […]
Enel announces more than half of projects will be carbon-free by 2021
November 22, 2018
Global utility and electricity distributor Enel announced its plans to invest over €10 billion in 11.6GW of new renewable energy capacity from now to 2021. In a presentation detailing its 2019-2021 industrial plan, Enel announced its production would go from 48% carbon free to 62%, tipping the scales to a majority of renewable and clean […]
Costa Rica reaches milestone in wind energy generation
November 21, 2018
Costa Rica’s National Electric System (SEN) reached its highest number in generation of wind power since it began operating. Costa Rica was the first country in Latin America to add wind energy to its electricity matrix, in 1996. This year, the country has accumulated over 1500 GW/h, surpassing the 1290 GW/h generated in 2017, with […]
Cuban delegation to India presents renewable energy investment opportunities
October 4, 2018
Cuba is planning on building a bioelectric plant by the end of November, and starting construction of a wind farm later in 2018. These projects are concrete steps to achieve their goal of reaching 24% clean energy generation by 2030. The Cuban delegation presented their countries’ diverse investment opportunities in the bioelectric and solar photovoltaic, […]
BarberWind Turbines launches new weather resilient design
October 1, 2018
The innovative wind technology company BarberWind Turbines announced the launch of its BTW 800kW in Grand Cayman, at the Caribbean Transitional Energy Conference. The turbine is designed to provide electricity to the distributed generation market, and is “especially interesting to Caribbean island nations”, said the company’s press release, due to its built-in lifting system and […]