Climate change is a major factor forcing Central Americans, left with no other option, to flee their homes, as the dual threats of drought and extreme weather have destroyed crops and productive farmland, Bloomberg reports. Central America is responsible for less than 1% of global carbon pollution, yet is one … [continued]
Danish wind energy giant Vestas Wind Systems A/S finished off the second quarter of 2019 with its trademark flurry of activity, announcing 1,775 megawatts (MW) of new wind turbine orders over the last four days of the quarter, pushing its total orders for the first half of the year to 7,605 MW, a 40% increase over the same period in 2018.
The vast geothermal potential throughout Central America could be a key tool in the low-carbon economic development of the region according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Increased hydro power generation and a newly commissioned solar power project have reduced the overall cost of electricity in El Salvador, the power regulator of the country, Siget, recently stated.
A small Central American country giving competition to a renewable energy giant like India in solar power tariff bids does not seem quite right, but this is indeed true in the case of El Salvador.
The International Renewable Energy Agency and the Inter-American Development Bank have committed $300,000 to help develop six renewable energy projects across Latin America and the Caribbean. Announced on Thursday, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Sustainable Energy Marketplace for Latin America and the Caribbean have announced they … [continued]
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El Salvador has taken another major step towards the sustained development of renewable energy infrastructure. Following the successful implementation of a renewable energy auction last year, El Salvador has announced yet another auction for the allocation of 150 MW capacity. Utility company Delsur will soon auction 100 MW of solar power and … [continued]
El Salvador may extend tax breaks available to renewable energy project developers, as the government prepares for a project auction. Tharsis Solomon Lopez, El Salvador’s Economy Minister and Chairman of the National Energy Council, recently presented a proposal in the country’s legislative assembly for the extension of tax breaks for … [continued]
El Salvador has announced plans to hold its second renewable energy auction as is looks to increase the share of sustainable energy sources in its electricity mix. El Salvador’s National Energy Council announced plans to auction 150 MW of renewable energy projects, with targets for operation by 2018. The South American country … [continued]
