Latin America & the Caribbean
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Brazil’s National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) has awarded projects in the first transmission auction of the year.
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Brazilian utility Cemig is selling its 45% share in power generation company Aliança Energia to mining company Vale, making Vale the sole owner of Aliança.
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Brazilian developer 2W Ecobank has secured long-term financing for the second phase of its Kairós wind complex located in the state of Ceará.
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Neoenergia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Rio de Janeiro to support the development of offshore wind projects.
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Brookfield-backed renewable developer IVI Energia has acquired a portfolio of distributed generation solar assets in Brazil.
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The National Energy Commission (CNE) has granted a permanent concession to Empresa Generadora de Electricidad Haina for a solar project in the Dominican Republic.
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Elawan Energy landed financing from the Northeast Development Fund (FDNE) for a wind project the company is developing in Brazil.
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Renewable developer EBCO Energia is planning to develop a $160 million project in Chile.
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Spanish developer Grenergy has completed the sale of wind assets in Peru to Engie Energía Perú.
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a $125 million loan to support transmission development in Ecuador.
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Equatorial Energia has completed the sale of its transmission business Integração Transmissora de Energia (Intesa) in Brazil.
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Green hydrogen promises to be a game changer in global energy transition with the possibility it presents in decarbonising industries. Latin America has positioned itself as a frontrunner in the emerging space with mega projects being lined up by developers across the continent.
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Latin American asset manager Patria Investments is launching an energy trading and commercialisation platform in Brazil.
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Spanish developer Solarpack has landed a $176.6 million senior financing package for the company’s San Martín solar plant in Peru.
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Atlas Renewable Energy signs a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a battery energy storage system (BESS) the company operates in Chile.
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Chilean developer Viento Verde is planning to expand an existing wind project that was approved in 2015.
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State-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mistui & Co to explore low-carbon solutions in Brazil.
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New Fortress Energy (NFE) has completed the acquisition and transfer of a 1.6GW capacity reserve contract from Ceiba Energy, a company of Denham Capital.
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IDB Invest has issued 2 sustainable bonds in local currency to support renewable energy and infrastructure projects in Latin America.
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Renewable developer Genneia has inked a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Shell in Argentina.
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Santiago-based renewable developer Biwo Renovables is planning a standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Chile.
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Renewable developer Serena Energia (formerly Omega Energia) is planning a secondary share offering in Brazil.
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New Fortress Energy has sold a pair of emergency gas-fired power plants the company built last year on behalf of US Army Corps of Engineers.
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Baker Botts has hired a partner to join its energy, projects, and transactions practice of the firm’s global projects department.
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The energy transition encompasses an array of technologies that will need to be developed and scaled. This includes carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), green hydrogen and its derivatives, SAF, and more. Getting projects to bankability in Latin America has been a challenge however as offtake demand is just to appear at a scale for developers to land the the capital needed to deploy their technologies, according to panelists at IJLatam 2024 in Miami.
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French energy company Engie has received the approval to move ahead and start construction of its Pemuco wind project in Chile.
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Power producer SCC Power has completed the expansion and conversion to combined cycle of the San Pedro power plant in Buenos Aires province.
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Sempra Infrastructure has reached a final investment decision (FID) for the $550 million Cimarron wind project the company is developing in Baja California, Mexico.
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Brazilian utility Cemig has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) under a self-production model to supply wholesale company Mart Minas.
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Spanish renewable developer Solarpack has appointed José Luis García Pérez as chief executive for Latin America, based in Santiago, Chile.
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