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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 […]
Vestas will supply 48 MW wind farm in Dominican Republic
July 3, 2018
The Danish wind turbine company, Vestas, will build a 48 MW wind park in the Dominican Republic. The company expects to ship the wind turbines within Q1 2019 as the commissioning is scheduled for the Q3 2019. This will be the company’s fifth project in the country with 180 MW of installed and under construction […]
Wind energy is taking over Argentina’s energy market
June 20, 2018
The Spanish wind energy company Gamesa Renewable Energy, is now investing in a 97 MW wind farm in Argentina. This new venture has consolidated Gamesa as a leader in renewables in Latin America. Argentina has become an attractive investment for renewables companies as the country is looking to use in the next few years 8% […]
Acciona’s 5th wind farm begins operations in Tamaulipas, Mexico
June 19, 2018
The Spanish wind company Acciona, has started commissioning a 183-MW wind farm (El Cortijo) in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Over the coming weeks, commissioning works will be finalized and the wind farm will run at full capacity. In Mexico’s first long-term power auction, the El Cortijo project secured 585.5 GWh of power and clean energy certificates. In a later […]
183 MW wind farm starts operating in Tamaulipas, Mexico.
June 18, 2018
The Spanish wind company Acciona, has started commissioning a 183-MW wind farm (El Cartijo) in Tamaulipas, Mexico. El Cortijo, is now one of the first projects to secure a long-term power auction, and one of the first being developed as a product of Mexico’s Energy Reform. This will be Acciona’s fifth wind farm in the […]
Solar and wind projects secure financing in Dominican Republic
May 10, 2018
Two renewable energy project developers in the Dominican Republic advanced financing plans this week, securing debt for solar and wind-powered projects on the Caribbean island. The Monte Plata solar plant will expand capacity from its current 30 MW (commissioned in September 2016) to 69 MW. Once operational, it will be the largest solar plant in the […]
Jamaican wind farm IPO set to boost local economy
April 26, 2018
The Wigton Windfarm – which made a net profit of $186 million as of March 2017 – is going public, with the help of broker Mayberry Investments Limited. The aim of the IPO is to encourage Jamaicans to become involved in the energy sector, says DBJ’s Managing Director Milverton Reynolds. “We want to widen the base of […]