Peru to suffer energy shortage in 2016

Monday, January 07, 2013

BY EDUARDO SOSA Cesar Butrón,Chairman of the Economic Operation of Interconnected System (COES) expressed that, if new energy projects are not materialize, by 2016 Peru will present a structural problem in the system that will result in energy rationing. Butron comment that “the energy demand is guaranteed until 2016, but we see that after this […]

Christmas Tree Debate: Real or Fake?

Monday, December 17, 2012

(Photo: Christmas tree farm. Photo credit: liljulier/flickr via a Creative Commons license.) My home sits in the Berkshire Hills, with a distant view of the second highest peak in Massachusetts– Mt. Everett. Surrounding my house is a swath of farmland, which includes a Christmas tree farm owned by the Chapin family, who arrived in my […]

IDB approves $30 million for sustainable energy matrix in Peru

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved the fourth and final transaction of a programmatic policy-based loan (PBL) designed to help Peru develop a sustainable energy matrix. This last transaction of $30 million completes the $230 million program that since 2009 has helped to increase the relevance of renewables and efficiency; to establish new inter-institutional mechanisms […]

World Ocean Assessment Workshop for the Wider Caribbean

Friday, November 16, 2012

Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC November 15, 2012 Share on facebookShare on google_plusone On November 13-15, the United States hosted the World Ocean Assessment Workshop for the Wider Caribbean in Miami, Florida. The workshop is organized by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs in […]

Energy officials gather to consider Caribbean electricity interconnection alternatives, at the Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF)

Monday, October 15, 2012

PRESS RELEASE Washington D.C., October 16, 2012 – The annual Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) is taking place from October 15 – 17, 2012 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This year’s theme is “The New Era: From Opportunity to Implementation”. Senior government officials, project developers, multilateral development organization representatives, commercial and investment bankers, and other […]

Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Ambassador Carlos Pascual Highlights Value of Interconnected Energy Systems in the Caribbean

Monday, October 15, 2012

Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 15, 2012 The U.S. Departments of State, Energy (DOE), and Commerce, the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), and the U.S. Export-Import Bank will participate in the Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 15-18, 2012. Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Special Envoy […]