Latin America news and technical articles from Power Engineering International. Search Latin America latest and archived news and articles
Hydropower holds the key to energy integration between South American countries, according to Brazil’s energy minister Altino Ventura Filho .
Siemens has received its first wind turbine order from Chile, for a total capacity of 115 MW, at the El Arrayán wind power project, l400 kilometers north of Santiago.
Several Japanese companies are involved in the launch of a demonstration study for the Albuquerque, Business District Smart Grid Demonstration Project in the US.
Energias del Peru, the Colombian-Chilean consortium, has won an auction to build, operate and maintain two back-up thermoelectric power plants.
La brasileña Wind Power Energía ha recibido la segunda instalación de un préstamo de US$150 millones por parte del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), dijo la compañía.
By the end of this year, the national wind energy association expects Mexico to be number 20 on the list of countries ranked in terms of wind power energy.
Brazilian firm Wind Power Energia (WPE) has confirmed it has received the second and final part of a $150m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.
BP Biocombustiveis, the Brazilian biofuels unit of BP (NYSE: BP), has announced that it will invest $25.5m in the development of a project for energy cogeneration from sugar cane bagasse.
Bolivia’s president Evo Morales has seized control of the Spanish company Transportadora de Electricidad (TDE) which runs around three-quarters of Bolivia’s grid.
Brazil has announced that no new nuclear power plants are to be built in the country for at least the next ten years.
