Latin America EV Market Share H1 2023, Part 1: Tale of the Laggards — Argentina,…
Time flies. The first half of 2023 has already been over for a while, and the EV transition is accelerating, … [continued]
Time flies. The first half of 2023 has already been over for a while, and the EV transition is accelerating, … [continued]
By Juan Diego Celemín Mojica “Passionate for all things Latin American, I’ve been closely following the energy and mobility transitions … [continued]
Indigenous leaders in Peru’s Amazon region have revealed that a further 6 farmers were murdered last Friday by a criminal group looking to steal their land and clear it for lucrative palm oil production.
Peru’s Environment Ministry has issued a decree proposing that the country’s environmental quality standards be lowered in a bid to attract a buyer/operator for a polymetallic smelter located there — as part of President Pablo Kuczynski’s efforts to add refining capacity to the country’s copper export sector (the second largest in the world).
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon Peru recently awarded 185 megawatts (MW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) contracts in … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon Enel Green Power, a 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize finalist, has entered into … [continued]
A subsidiary of Japan-based Sojitz Corporation has announced plans to invest in the first utility-scale solar power project in Peru. … [continued]
At a nameplate capacity of 114 MW, the two wind farms — in Cupisnique and Talara — will be among the largest in South America outside of Brazil. Peru and neighboring Andean nations are really just beginning to seriously examine and develop their relatively rich base of wind and solar energy resources, which offer a sustainable development path that minimizes depletion of natural capital. […]
Peru and other governments in South America, including Brazil and Uruguay’s, are making headway as they strive to develop renewable energy resources that reduce CO2 and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and environmental degradation while at the same time boosting economic activity and jobs growth. In doing so, they’re turning to reverse auctions, as opposed to Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) or other incentives, as a market-based mechanism to foster growth of renewable energy capacity. […]
Kenya and Peru have joined the list of developing nations creating climate change laws for their own economies. […]