St Lucia

St Lucia recently completed surface exploration studies for geothermal resource conditions and is on track to begin exploratory drilling soon.

Caricom and Cuba

A delegation from Caricom is scheduled to travel to Cuba to assess renewable energy opportunities. The plan is to discuss initiatives such as producing biogas.

Dominica

Dominica has signed up to participate in the Climate Change Partnership, a programme funded by the Japanese Government under the United Nations Development Program.

South Korea/ Nicaragua

South Korea will lend US$33.3 million to the Government of Nicaragua for the development of a solar project that will impact 164 communities.

Cayman Islands

A legislator on the Cayman Islands is calling for the island’s Government to establish a policy to hit 100 per cent renewable energy by 2035.

Peru

This week Peru’s Ministry of Energy reported that the country’s 339.15 MW of wind is only one per cent of its total potential wind capacity.

Mexico

In Mexico’s first Clean Energy Auction, 11 solar projects were awarded contracts. Together, they will produce four million megawatt hours per year.

IDB

This year’s annual IDB assembly focused on the role of the private sector in addressing the need for clean energy and the threat of climate change.

— New Energy Events