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Puerto Rico suffers major blackout
- 2025-04-17 06:11:30
- David Flin
Puerto Rico suffered an island-wide blackout on 16 April, leaving all 1.4 million electricity consumers without power at one point.
Repsol starts power generation at Chile’s largest wind farm
- 2025-04-16 06:47:33
- David Flin
Repsol has officially started electricity production at the 364 MW Antofagasta Phase 1, Repsol’s largest wind project to date and one of Chile’s biggest renewable installations.
Guyana’s blackout caused by outage at Kingston power station
- 2025-04-11 05:43:17
- David Flin
Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said that a prolonged blackout on 10 April was caused by a problem at the diesel-fired Kingston Power Station.
World-first engine test to convert sugarcane into clean power
- 2025-03-26 05:57:09
- David Flin
Wärtsilä has partnered with Brazil’s Energetica Suape II, majority owned by Grupo Econômico 4M, to conduct a world-first clean energy trial, which will see ethanol produced from sugarcane to generate power.
Electricity returns to Chile after major blackout
- 2025-02-27 06:19:10
- David Flin
Power has been restored to most of Chile after the country’s most disruptive power blackout in 15 years.
Guyana Power and Light to receive $18 billion to aid power generation
- 2025-02-05 06:10:55
- David Flin
The Guyana government has announced that Guyana Power and Light (GPL) will receive $18 billion in aid to power generation this year.
Brazil’s generation capacity increased at record rate in 2024
- 2025-01-14 05:11:29
- David Flin
According to figures from Aneel, Brazil’s electricity regulator, Brazil’s installed power generation capacity increased by a record 10.9 GW in 2024, above government predictions of 10.1 GW.
Cuba struck by nationwide blackout
- 2024-12-05 06:47:04
- David Flin
Cuba was struck by a nationwide blackout following a failure at the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas, which shut down at 0200 hrs on 4 December.
Ecuador imposes overnight blackouts as drought reduces hydropower capacity
- 2024-09-24 04:36:55
- David Flin
Ecuador’s government has imposed nationwide nighttime blackouts in a bid to conserve energy. This was caused by widespread drought conditions depriving the country of hydropower capacity.
Drought brings hydropower crisis in Brazil
- 2024-09-13 05:27:00
- David Flin
Brazil’s prolonged drought has drastically reduced soil moisture in the main hydropower basins, causing a major challenge to hydropower generation, which generates around 70 per cent of Brazil’s electricity.
