The state Electric Corporation of Ecuador (Celec) announced this Sunday that it completed repairing a generator at the Esmeraldas I thermal power plant and put it into operation at a time when the country is subject to periods of rationing. energy before a small generation. Said steam thermoelectric plant, which runs on fuel and has […]
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Chinese energy firm Trina Solar will invest up to US$1 billion in Mexico
The Chinese company Trina Solar, specialized in photovoltaic products and systems and energy intelligent, will invest between US$700 and US$1,000 million in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, in the north of the Latin American country, the state government said on Monday. The announcement is part of a tour of Asia by the governor of […]
New York will not modify sales contracts for offshore wind and other renewable energy
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New York regulators on Thursday denied applications from developers of offshore wind projects and dozens of renewable energy land companies seeking billions of dollars in additional financing for existing power sales contracts. The state’s denial could force developers to cancel some loss-making contracts and cancel or delay energy sales projects in New York, as has […]
Nuclear fusion, possible energy of the future, celebrates 30 years of testing in Switzerland
The scientists They have spent decades studying the possibility of obtaining energy through nuclear fusiona process inverse to the fission that occurs in conventional atomic plants, and the Swiss facility that collaborates in these investigations has revealed its secrets to journalists today, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. The Tokamak of the Federal Polytechnic […]
Peru is at risk of having expensive electricity rates
He light bill It is not the same. A year ago, a user paid S/ 100, now they pay double. This increase is attributed to the exchange rate and the prices of natural gas and diesel, to which the rate is indexed. If these variables move rates also, up or down. The former vice minister […]
Intermittent gas supply in Venezuela, an unresolved failure
In various areas of Venezuela -the country with the eighth gas reserves in the world-, the gas supply for domestic use is intermittent, despite the fact that the three months that the president Nicolas Maduro He gave his officials to solve the “serious” problems that have been dragging on for years in this service. Last […]
G20 ministerial meeting ends without plan to reduce fossil fuels
The meeting in India of the energy ministers of the G20 ended this Saturday without being able to draw up an action plan for the progressive reduction of the use of fossil energies (oil, gas and coal). The final declaration of this meeting in Goa of the main advanced and emerging powers does not even […]
Clean energies, the “zero carbon” route in Galapagos
A matrix composed entirely of renewable energya transport free of fossil fuels, sustainable buildings and a rethinking of the relationship between water, energy and meal (WEF) are the foundations of the roadmap for the energy transition of the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) proposed by scientists and academics gathered in the Ecuadorian archipelago. The summary of the […]
Latin American oil and gas production rises 9% since the Ukraine war
The energy crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine is boosting both production and sales oil exports and gas in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbeanwith increases of up to 9% on average since February 2022. This was stated this Thursday by the executive secretary of the Association of Oil, Gas and […]
Costa Rica: country with the lowest inflation in the OECD, seven times below the average
Costa Rica was the country of the OECD with the year-on-year rate of inflation lower, 0.9% compared to 6.5% on average, and this in a general context of slowdown in prices, marked above all by the fall in energy prices. Inflation in Costa Rica fell significantly in May, after the 2.4% in April, thus becoming […]