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Peru Opts for Wind Power
Saturday, September 13th, 2008Over the last 3-4 months Peru has shown all the indicators of a major commitment to wind power. First came the new decrees in May and June providing incentives (guaranteed 12% internal rate of return, guaranteed purchase price for the electricity, accelerated depreciation up to 20% per year) to investments in renewable energy sources intended [...]
Energy Security & Cooperation in the Americas / Seguridad Energética y Cooperación en las Americas
Friday, September 5th, 2008From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
IDB to Host the Fourth Annual Western Hemisphere Energy Security and Cooperation Forum
Experts will unveil interactive “Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard,” preview renewable energy trends and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean
Members of the U.S. Senate and Congress will join ambassadors from Brazil, Venezuela, Canada and Colombia and Inter-American Bank President [...]
IDB Supports Wind Turbine Blade Factory in Brazil / BID Ajuda a expansão de fábrica de pás para turbinas eólicas no Brasil
Friday, August 8th, 2008From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
IDB finances expansion of wind turbine blades factory in Brazil
TECSIS secured US$120 million in loans
Tecnologia e Sistemas Avancados Ltda (TECSIS), a leading Brazilian manufacturer of wind rotor blades for wind power turbines is to obtain US$120 million in loans from the Inter-American Development Bank to restructure its debt and invest [...]
Cooperation on Sustainable Energy & Energy Integration in the Southern Cone?
Thursday, July 31st, 2008From the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC):
Authorities and Experts Discuss Energy Security and Integration in the Region
The Southern Cone Regional Workshop on Sustainable Energy and Energy Cooperation and Integration gathered specialists from the region
Ensuring equal access to energy sources, diversifying the energy matrix and advancing towards regional energy alliances are [...]
The High-Level Caribbean Sustainable Energy Seminar
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Temas Observation: This seminar is a follow-up to the meeting held in Guyana last year, where some of the same promises were made. Let’s hope that not another year must pass before something more concrete emerges from this initiative.
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From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
Plans to unleash the Caribbean region’s renewable energy potential gain momentum [...]
Why is LAC Slow to Tap Carbon Funds?
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008The Dominican Republic’s Environment Secretariat (SEMARENA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) recently co-hosted an event in Santo Domingo designed to prompt Dominicans into tapping the many international funding opportunities for projects related, directly or directly, to climate change (”carbon markets”).
And well they should! For some [...]
Maps, Maps and More Maps
Monday, June 2nd, 2008In a prior post on the Temas library of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) legal texts for download, I promised to highlight other changes and additions to the updated site.
The biggest addition to the site has been the Temas Tools Section, a collection of references and tools that help in understanding, shaping and managing policy [...]
LAC Solar & Wind Potential Maps Updated
Friday, November 30th, 2007In putting together standalone pages for LAC solar and wind power potential maps on my revamped main website (temasactuales.com) — announcement of its relaunch coming soon! — I discovered that many of the links in my two existing blog posts on this subject — "Mapping LAC's Solar and Wind Power Potential" and "More LAC Wind [...]
Corfo Helps 53 Renewable Energy Projects in Chile / Corfo apoya 53 proyectos de energía renovable en Chile
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007Synopsis in English: The Chilean Economic Development Agency (Corporación de Fomento de la Producción - CORFO) this year is co-financing 53 new renewable energy projects, 13 more than it did in 2006. Of these, 29 are wind energy projects, 14 hydraulic power, five geothermal, two biomass and three biogas. In terms of location, 10 involve [...]
Fostering a Renewable Electricity Market in Mexico
Friday, August 17th, 2007The other day I finally managed to read the report from the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) released earlier this year, Fostering Renewable Electricity Markets in North America (full report available only in English, but there is an executive summary in Spanish). While the report examines the current status and makes recommendations for [...]
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