Latin America & the Caribbean
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Enel Brasil is planning to invest R$18 billion ($3.5 billion) for the period 2024-2026 in order to better its services in the country.
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YPF Energía Eléctrica (YPF Luz) is planning to develop the company’s fifth wind project in Argentina.
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Santiago-based Plus Energia SpA is planning to develop a $350 million battery energy storage system project in Chile.
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Solar developer Usinas Brasil Solar (BRS) and investment firm Grupo 4M are partnering on a portfolio of distributed solar assets.
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Naturgy’s subsidiary Global Power Generation (GPG) is planning a solar project in the region of Atacama in Chile.
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State-owned power and telecommunications provider Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has awarded 5 solar projects in Costa Rica.
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Chilean energy group Copec has agreed to acquire a 123MW solar project from Solarpack’s subsidiary Maria Elena.
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Norwegian renewable energy provider Scatec and energy company Statkraft have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a solar plant in Brazil.
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Norwegian energy company Statkraft has received approval to move ahead and start construction of its Parina solar project in Chile.
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Brazil's state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras is adding solar projects to 3 of the company’s refineries.
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Brazilian conglomerate Brasal is issuing R$170 million ($33 million) in debentures for a hydroelectric project in Brazil.
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H2 GreenMining is partnering with Ohmium International on the development of green hydrogen to decarbonise the mining sector in Chile.
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The Government of São Paulo has sold its shares in Empresa Metropolitana de Águas e Energia (Emae) placing the power company in private ownership.
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Italian sponsor Limes Renewable Energy is adding to its development pipeline in Chile with a solar-plus-storage project.
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Stellantis has agreed to buy into solar developer 360Energy in Argentina.
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Spanish developer Ecoener secured green financing for a solar project the company is developing in Guatemala.
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BP has made significant shifts in its leadership structure as its head of natural gas and low carbon energy, Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath, steps down.
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Power generation company Engie Energía Chile has issued $500 million in green bonds on international markets.
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Infinigen Renewables is partnering with FlexGen on a battery storage project in the Yabucoa municipality in Puerto Rico.
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Peru’s ProInversión has prequalified 5 bidders in an upcoming auction that will see the agency award 3 transmission projects.
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Octopus Energy has signed an agreement with Brazilian utility Grupo Energisa to support renewable generation development in the country.
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IDB Invest and the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) are partnering to finance projects across renewables and infrastructure sectors in Latin America.
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Brazilian power generator Eneva will issue R$2.5 billion ($475 million) in debentures to refinance assets.
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Santiago-based renewable developer Biwo Renovables is adding another standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project to its development pipeline in Chile.
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YPF Luz, the power generation arm of oil and gas company YPF, has appointed Pedro Kearney as chief financing officer, based in Buenos Aires.
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US-based Recurrent Energy has secured R$343 million ($70 million) in non-recourse project financing for a solar project in Brazil.
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Engie Chile, a subsidiary of the French electric utility Engie, will install a standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) to replace the disconnected coal-fired and fuel oil-based units at the Tocopilla thermal power plant complex (CTT) in Antofagasta.
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Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) is readying 26 renewable energy projects to be built in the coming years.
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Denmark's Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) is providing an additional €7 million ($7.6m) to the 94MW Ouro Branco and Quatro Ventos wind complex in Brazil, due to an expansion of the project and unexpected delays.
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The state of Ceará has signed a pre-contract with Voltalia do Brasil, a subsidiary of the French renewable power producer Voltalia, to implement a project to produce green hydrogen and ammonia at the state's Pecém industrial and port complex.
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Engie Energía Chile has commenced a cash tender offer for any outstanding 4.5% notes due in 2025, totalling $350 million.
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Colombian oil company Ecopetrol has made 3 changes to its senior management team.
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Brazil's Superintendency for the Development of the Northeast (Sudene) has approved a R$26.6 million ($5.3m) loan for the 212MWp Milagres solar project, developed by Lightsource BP.
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Lader Energy's Puertos de Santander solar park has obtained an environmental permit from Colombia's national authority of environmental licences (ANLA).
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has committed up to R$250 million ($49.4m) to a Brazilian fund financing the acquisition and installation of distributed solar generation assets.
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Brazil has introduced a bill to incentivize in the use of renewable energy by offering tax benefits on the investment in equipment for generating electrical energy from renewable sources.
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Eletrobras has approved its fifth issuance of non-convertible unsecured debentures, aiming to raise up to R$3.5 billion ($696.4m).
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Spanish infrastructure builder and operator Elecnor won approval to build a 284MW wind farm and associated infrastructure in the Chilean region of Los Lagos.
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Chinese multinational State Grid (SGCC) plans to invest R$200 billion ($39.4bn) in the Brazilian electricity sector following its victory in Brazil's largest power transmission auction.
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EDF Renewables Brasil and Serena Geração have completed the share swap of their stakes in the Pirapora Solar Complex and the Ventos da Bahia wind farm.
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