Latin America
21 February 2012
A Latin American bank has received $100m to support the rollout of clenatech projects.
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15 February 2012
A Brazilian investment company will double its renewable energy fund as it aims to meet pension fund demand for the wind sector.
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27 January 2012
Mexican photovoltaic manufacturer Solartec Energia Renovable has partnered with US micro-inverter specialist SolarBridge Technologies to distribute alternating current modules in Mexico.
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26 January 2012
The Colombian capital city of Bogota has launched a pilot project to spur the use of electric vehicles in the city’s taxi fleet.
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17 January 2012
Spanish energy company Iberdrola has completed the installation of the 102MW La Venta wind farm in Mexico.
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17 January 2012
The private sector operating in cleantech and renewable energy throughout Latin America is set to benefit from new capital being injected into a green fund.
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13 January 2012
Spanish cleantech company Abengoa has been selected by the Brazilian Development Bank and investment agency FINEP to use its technology to produce ethanol from sugarcane biomass.
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10 January 2012
The world’s output of biofuel fell for the first time in a decade last year, according to new figures, as squeezed margins cut its growth.
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6 January 2012
Italian renewable energy developer Enel Green Power has secured a concession to construct a 99MW wind farm in Chile.
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22 December 2011
US photovoltaic developer the T-Solar Group, a subsidiary of Spanish power company Isolux Corsan, has signed three loan agreements worth a combined $145m to finance the construction of two PV plants in Peru.
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19 December 2011
Wind component supplier LM Wind Power Group has teamed with Eolice Participacoes e Investimentos to build a new blade factory in Brazil.
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15 December 2011
Darby Private Equity, the buy-out arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, has announced that its Brazil Mezzanine Infrastructure Fund has invested R$58m ($30m) in Bioenergy Geradora de Energia and R$58m in Produman Engenharia.
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9 December 2011
Global cleantech project manager Mainstream Renewable Energy has purchased 23 wind turbines from Chinese manufacturer Goldwind for a 34.5MW development in Chile.
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2 December 2011
Listed energy developer Mustang Geothermal has acquired three additional geothermal exploration concessions in southern Peru through the government application process.
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30 November 2011
French energy company Alstom is set to invest around €6m in the creation of a research facility called the Global Hydro Technology Centre in Brazil.
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28 November 2011
The Pattern Energy Group has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with mining company Minera Los Pelambres for the sale of electricity from the 115MW El Arrayan wind farm in Chile.
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28 November 2011
Investors are anticipating the initial public offering of a Brazilian renewable energy developer looking to raise cash to develop a portfolio of wind farms.
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25 November 2011
The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a loan of up to 1.1 billion Mexican pesos (or about $72m) to help finance a 396MW wind farm in Mexico.
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25 November 2011
US concentrated photovoltaic company Skyline Solar has been contracted to supply modules for a 500kW CPV plant in Durango, Mexico, by DelSol Systems.
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23 November 2011
The power authority of the US Virgin Islands will launch a wind energy-focused request for proposal (RFP) as it seeks to tie up allegiances with potential developers.
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