Latin America
23 May 2013
Martifer Solar is set to build Latin America’s largest PV plant in Mexico, funded by local development bank Nafin, the International Finance Corporation, and Corporación Aura Solar.
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21 May 2013
Canadian geothermal developer Alterra Power has completed a joint venture agreement with Philippines-focused Energy Development Corporation (EDC) for the development of a portfolio of South American projects.
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21 May 2013
Chilean renewable energy developer Ecopower has filed for permits to develop a $250m wind farm in the country’s Los Lagos region.
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20 May 2013
SunEdison is seeking funding from the World Bank’s private-sector financing arm to build a 50MW solar plant in Chile that will export energy to the Chilean Central Interconnected System, selling it at commercial prices.
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20 May 2013
Gamesa has confirmed reports that the company now meets Brazil’s local content requirements for the wind sector that were put in place four months ago.
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17 May 2013
Emerging markets power company Globeleq has inaugurated its 44MW Eolo de Nicaragua wind farm in the country.
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16 May 2013
Danish wind supplier Vestas has confirmed its 396MW Mareña Renovables project in Mexico has been delayed.
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15 May 2013
Brazil’s wind industry is rapidly gaining momentum, with over 1.1GW installed between 2011 and 2012, and a total of 9GW expected by 2017.
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15 May 2013
‘For-profit, for-good’ start-up dloHaiti has raised $3.4m in Series A funding to bring clean and affordable water to communities across Haiti.
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13 May 2013
Brazil’s National Social and Economic Development Bank has agreed to lend BRL300.3m to GranInvest subsidiary Bioflex Agroindustrial for the build of a next-generation bioenergy plant.
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8 May 2013
General Electric will sell BRL1.8bn ($895.3m) of turbines to Brazilian group Bioenergy Geradora de Energia, which wants to develop the cheapest wind power in the world.
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7 May 2013
Spanish turbine manufacturer Gamesa has sold a 70MW development in Mexico to utility Iberdrola.
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1 May 2013
Suntech’s efforts to restructure both its Chinese and European units are on-going as the company works to meet tight creditor and administrator deadlines.
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1 May 2013
US Geothermal has begun drilling well EC-1 at its El Ceibillo Project in Guatemala marking the next stage in the project’s development.
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29 April 2013
Emerging markets focused private equity firm Actis is reportedly looking to raise $750m for its third energy fund.
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29 April 2013
Global private equity firm TPG Capital has slashed the target for its renewable energy fund by almost half as the International Finance Corporation mulls allocating $25m to the vehicle.
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29 April 2013
Brazil’s renewables industry has this week shown the results of a strong push toward wind energy over the past week, with IPOs, acquisitions, and joint ventures.
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25 April 2013
A local unit of Honda Motor will invest $50m in the establishment of a 27MW wind farm in Brazil.
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18 April 2013
Brazilian cellulosic-ethanol maker GranBio Investimentos has taken a minority in American Process, a technology developer, and will go on to use its equipment to process sugar-cane into chemicals.
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18 April 2013
Spanish power company Enerstar plans to invest $700m on renewable energy projects in northern Chile.
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