MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Reuters, 23.Jul.2025, Words: 87) — Europe’s largest utility Iberdrola hired investment bank Barclays to sell 15 renewable power plants in Mexico to exit the country, Spanish news website El Confidencial reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources close to the operation. RELATED: FDI in Mexico reached $45.337bn in […]
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First Buenos Aires province renewable energy center inaugurated in La Plata
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Jul.2025, Words: 308) — The Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Services (MISP) inaugurated the first Buenos Aires province renewable energy center. It is located on the technological campus of the Scientific Research Commission (CIC) in the town of Gonnet, La Plata. The […]
Ecopetrol starts geothermal exploration project in Nariño, a strategic source of energy
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Jul.2025, Words: 379) — Ecopetrol announced the start of a strategic geothermal exploration project in Azufral, in the department of Nariño. The initiative is part of Ecopetrol’s efforts to promote the energy transition and take advantage of renewable energy sources in […]
Fact sheet Córdoba: renewable energies and biofuels leader
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Jun.2025, Words: 263) — Córdoba is located at the geographic heart of Argentina. Extending over an area of 165,321 sq. km (just under 64,000 sq. miles), it constitutes a strategic point for regional connections and integration between member countries of the Common Market […]
Norway’s Statkraft inks deal to divest Enerfín Colombia to Ecopetrol
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.May.2025, Words: 260) — Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable energy producer, signed an agreement to sell Enerfín Colombia, its renewables portfolio in Colombia to the South American country’s national oil company Ecopetrol SA. The sale is expected to be completed in the third-quarter […]
OEG Energy Group Opens New 2,000ft Edinburgh Office
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Lukas von Koch, Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Mar.2025) — OEG Energy Group Limited invested in a new office in Edinburg, which aims to strengthen its position in the UK renewables sector and supporting the rapid expansion of offshore wind projects across Scotland and beyond. The investment underlines OEG’s long-term […]
Petrobras Eyes Ethanol Sector
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Nov.2024) — Petrobras plans to enter the ethanol sector preferably through minority strategic partnerships or shared control with relevant players in the segment. To this end, Petrobras said 23 Nov. 2024 in an official statement that business possibilities will be analyzed and potential partners prospected. “After these […]
Phillips 66 to Cease Operating LA Refinery in 4Q:25
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Oct.2024) — Phillips 66 will cease operations at its Los Angeles-area refinery in the fourth quarter of 2025. Phillips plans to work with authorities from the state of California to supply fuel markets and meet ongoing consumer demand. Approximately 600 employees and 300 contractors currently operate the […]
Inkia to Become the Largest Renewable Producer in Peru
(Inkia, 11.Oct.2024) — Inkia Energy, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Kallpa, received environmental approval for the expansion of its solar power plant currently under construction in Southern Peru, a leading global solar resource hub. The approval will bring the solar project, Sunny, from 228 MWp to 338 MWp, and is expected […]
Equinor Buys 9.8% Minority Stake in Ørsted
(Equinor, 7.Oct.2024) — The transaction establishes Equinor as the second largest shareholder in Ørsted, after the Danish State, which holds a controlling stake in the company. “Equinor has a long-term perspective and will be a supportive owner in Ørsted. This is a counter-cyclical investment in a leading developer, and a […]
NovoHydrogen Closes Seed Financing and Finalizes Board of Directors
(NovoHydrogen, 7.Feb.2023) — NovoHydrogen, a leading renewable hydrogen project developer, today announced that it has closed its seed funding round and officially appointed four esteemed executives to its board of directors. With the board’s guidance throughout 2022, the company has already produced impressive results including the accelerated development of its […]
Work Continues On The 10 MW Patagónicos Wind Farm In The Magallanes Region
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 15.May.2019) — Construction of the new Patagónicos Wind Farm in the Magallanes Region, a joint venture between Enap and Pecket Energy, continues to advance with completion of concreting of the bases for the three wind turbines, ENAP said 15 May in a social media post […]
YPFB And YPF Argentina Ink Upstream And Downstream Deals
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky and Pietro D. Pitts, 7.May.2019) — YPFB and YPF Argentina signed strategic deals during discussions in Santa Cruz related to upstream and downstream activities in Bolivia and Argentina, Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Ministry announced 7 May 2019 in an official statement on its website. In the upstream […]
IDB Lends $600 Million To Aid Colombia Improve Energy Matrix
(Renewables Now, 26.Apr.2019) — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced on Thursday it will give Colombia a USD-600-million (EUR 538.9m) loan to diversify and improve its energy matrix and integrate non-conventional renewables such as wind, solar and biogas. The IDB loan has a 19-year term, with a 5.5-year grace period and […]
DaVita Eyes Using 100 Pct Renewable Energy By 2022
(DaVita, 25.Apr.2019) — By 2022, DaVita Inc. expects to use 100 percent renewable energy. The company has contracted with Longroad Energy on two virtual power purchase agreements (PPAs) facilitating the development of clean energy projects in Texas. Together, DaVita’s share of these projects will generate as much renewable energy as […]
Canadian Solar To Divest Interest In Brazilian Solar Project To Nebras Power
(Canadian Solar, 24.Apr.2019) — Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, announced today the signing of an agreement for the sale of its 80% interest in a 482.6 MWp portfolio of contracted solar projects in Brazil to Nebras Power Investment Management B.V., a Dutch affiliate of […]
Czech Group Solek Start Work On 16.6 MWp Of PV Plants In Chile
(Renewables Now, 19.Apr.2019) — Czech solar developer Solek Group announced on Thursday its has started construction of three solar parks in Chile with a combined capacity of 16.64 MWp direct current (DC). More specifically, the European company is building the 2.99-MWp Villa Seca and the 10.66-MWp Santa Fe farms in […]
YPF Inaugurates Phase I Of 99-MW Wind Park In Argentina
(Renewables Now, 17.Oct.2018) — Argentine state-run oil company YPF inaugurated on Wednesday a portion of a 99-MW wind park in Chubut province that will produce clean power for its deposits and refineries. The first 50-MW phase of Manantiales Behr, as the park is named, has been switched on. The whole […]
Brazil Presidential Hopeful Vows to Create 2 Million Green-Energy Jobs
(Efe, 21.Sep.2018) — Environmentalist Marina Silva said on Friday that if elected next month as Brazil’s president, she will create 2 million jobs through programs to promote use of renewable energy. Silva, who finished third in the 2014 and 2010 contests, is currently at 7 percent in the polls ahead […]
Paraguaná Wind Farm In Venezuela Operational In 2011
(EVWind, 14.Apr.2010) — Paraguana peninsula in Falcon state, located in the northwestern region, about 453 kilometers from the city of Caracas, is the first place in the country where they will launch a wind farm in 2011, a fact which confirms a clean energy supply and quality for Venezuelans. Petroleos […]