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Siemens announces first turbine order from Chile

21/05/2012 Siemens has received its first wind turbine order from Chile, for a total capacity of 115 MW, at the El Arrayán wind power proj...

Latin American hydropower to be ‘an example to the world’

21/05/2012 Hydropower holds the key to energy integration between South American countries, according to Brazil’s energy minister Altino V...

Wind Power Energia receives final loan installment

16/05/2012 Brazilian firm Wind Power Energia (WPE) has confirmed it has received the second and final part of a $150m loan from the Inter-...

Energias del Peru wins auction for thermo plants

14/05/2012 Energias del Peru, the Colombian-Chilean consortium, has won an auction to build, operate and maintain two back-up thermoelectr...

Wind power boom in Mexico

14/05/2012 By the end of this year, the national wind energy association expects Mexico to be number 20 on the list of countries ranked in...

Elster wins smart meter contract in Rio

10/05/2012

Elster has been contracted to supply 80000 smart meters to households in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by local utility Light.

Acciona wins 120 MW wind project in Brazil

10/05/2012 Acciona Windpower, a subsidiary of Acciona, has signed a contract with CPLF Renovaveis for the supply, installation and mainten...

BP’s Brazilian unit to invest $25.5m in cogeneration project

10/05/2012 BP Biocombustiveis, the Brazilian biofuels unit of BP (NYSE: BP), has announced that it will invest $25.5m in the dev...

Brazil decides to opt out of nuclear until at least 2020

10/05/2012

Brazil has announced that no new nuclear power plants are to be built in the country for at least the next ten years.

Natural gas, a challenge for Brazil’s energy policy

09/05/2012 Brazil is coming up with alternatives to tackle its growing energy demand. In the last decade, its population has grown conside...

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Wind Power Energia recibe préstamo

16/05/2012 La brasileña Wind Power Energía ha recibido la segunda instalación de un préstamo de US$150 millones por parte del Banco Intera...

Energías del Perú invertirá US$50m en termoeléctricas

14/05/2012 El consorcio colombiano-chileno Energías del Perú ha ganado la subasta para construir, operar y mantener dos plantas termoeléct...

Acciona entra en el mercado eólico de Brasil

10/05/2012 Acciona Windpower ha firmado con la brasileña CPLF Renováveis, un contrato para el suministro, instalación y mantenimiento de 1...

Gas natural, un reto más para la política energética de Brasil

09/05/2012 Brasil continúa su camino para dar respuesta al imparable aumento de la demanda energética que el país suramericano experimenta...

KDM Energia ampliará planta de biogas en Chile

08/05/2012 KDM Energia una firma energética chilena, ampliará la capacidad de la planta de biogás de relleno sanitario Loma Los Colorados ...

Chile busca energía renovable no convencional

04/05/2012 El Gobierno de Chile se prepara a lanzar la primera oferta de energía renovable no convencional para principios del próximo año...

Gamesa extiende su crecimiento en Latinoamérica

04/05/2012 La empresa multinacional de energía eólica de origen español Gamesa ha firmado un acuerdo para suministrar equipos para un parq...

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