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Regulatory support can power Latin America’s utilities

  • 2019-09-26 22:00:17
  • Junior Isles

Although policy uncertainty is spreading across Latin America, strong regulatory frameworks are keeping the region’s utilities on the right track.

By Julyana Yokota, Senior Director and Sector Lead, Infrastructure and Utilities, Latin America, S&P Global Ratings.

EIB to fund renewable energy development in Brazil

  • 2019-09-10 05:13:49.031380
  • David Flin

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced that it will provide €150 million credit to boost Brazil’s portfolio of renewable energy.

Preliminary report into Argentine blackout blames transmission failures

  • 2019-06-19 04:45:39.671909
  • David Flin

A preliminary report from Edesur, one of Argentina’s largest electricity distributors, problems with two 500 kV transmission lines were the proximate cause of the national blackout on 16 June.

Power cut plunges Argentina and Uruguay into darkness

  • 2019-06-17 06:03:24.264301
  • David Flin

Authorities are trying to restore power after a large electrical failure plunged much of South America into darkness, with millions still affected.

Statkraft to build 51.6 MW Los Lagos hydropower plant in Chile

  • 2019-06-14 05:38:30.641286
  • David Flin

Statkraft has announced that it will start construction of the 51.6 MW Los Lagos hydropower plant in Chile in August 2019.

Chile to close eight coal-fired power stations

  • 2019-06-05 05:12:19.559939
  • David Flin

Chile has announced that it will close eight coal-fired power stations over the next five years as part of a plan to switch entirely to renewable energy by 2040.

Cuba orders further cuts to power generation

  • 2019-04-22 04:49:17.267609
  • David Flin

The Cuban government has ordered its state-run power system to further reduce electricity generation.

Korea East-West Power and Daelim Energy to jointly invest in distributed solar power project in Chile

  • 2019-04-19 06:16:47.805679
  • David Flin

Korea East-West Power and Daelim Energy have signed a shareholder agreement on 18 April to jointly invest in a Chilean distributed solar power project.  

Puerto Rico enacts law to eliminate fossil fuels as power generation fuel

  • 2019-04-12 07:17:00.758288
  • David Flin

Puerto Rico has enacted a law that requires the progressive elimination of fossil fuels as a source of power generation.

Puerto Rico’s utility calls for making the island into eight minigrids

  • 2019-02-06 06:13:59.486035
  • David Flin

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has issued a draft integrated resource plan (IRP) that calls for segmenting the island’s electrical grid into eight minigrids, along with myriad microgrids, and installing more energy storage than is currently available in the USA.