Big rise in renewable-power investment in region

May 2013

Region

Big rise in renewable-power investment in region

With supportive legislation in place and the market sending positive signals, clean-energy investment soared 127% last year in non-Brazilian Latin America, making the region one ......

Nicaragua

Forest and water resources at issue in Nicaragua

Nicaragua, home to the Western Hemisphere’s second biggest rainforest and one of the world’s largest lakes, isn’t the first place one would expect anguish about ......

Brazil (Free Read)

Two environmental officials arrested in Brazil

In a rare police action here, Brazilian authorities late last month arrested two top environmental officials in southern Rio Grande do Sul state, along with ......

Brazil

Brazil offers water-management incentive

Brazil’s federal water-policy body, the National Water Agency (ANA), has launched a R$100 million (US$50 million), five-year program aimed at spurring states to improve management ......

Chile

Company vows more Chilean dams on way

The energy company Endesa is drawing fire from indigenous, environmental and citizens’ advocates here in the wake of its announcement that it is moving ahead ......

Around the Region

Belizean Supreme Court rejects drilling near reef

In a victory for environmental groups, Belize’s Supreme Court ruled on April 16th to annul oil drilling contracts in the waters of the Belize Barrier ......

Centerpiece

African-palm planters eye Peruvian Amazon

Marco Antonio del Águila reaches past the spiny branches of a palm tree, plucks a reddish-orange fruit and imagines a thriving African palm oil industry ......

Q&A

Biologist targets Peru’s highly biodiverse Loreto region

Biologist Nigel Pitman has spent more than a decade studying the forest in Peru’s northeastern region of Loreto. With few roads to serve as conduits ......

Big rise in renewable-power investment in region

Region

With supportive legislation in place and the market sending positive signals, clean-energy investment soared 127% last year in non-Brazilian Latin America, making the region one of the world’s fastest growing destinations for alternative technologies. The findings, released last month by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a research firm, shows especially strong growth in Mexico, Chile, Uruguay and Peru, each of which registered triple-digit clean-energy investment growth, as Latin America added US$9.9 billion in renewables investment last year ($4.6 billion excluding Brazil). Of these countries, Mexico was the star performer, leading the pack with US$1.9 billion in new investment for a 595% increase over 2011 figures. Analysts ascribe much of the large advance in non-Brazilian Latin America to increased clean... [Log in to read more]

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May 2013

Region

Big rise in renewable-power investment in region

With supportive legislation in place and the market sending positive signals, clean-energy investment soared 127% last year in non-Brazilian Latin America, making the region one ......

Nicaragua

Forest and water resources at issue in Nicaragua

Nicaragua, home to the Western Hemisphere’s second biggest rainforest and one of the world’s largest lakes, isn’t the first place one would expect anguish about ......

Brazil (Free Read)

Two environmental officials arrested in Brazil

In a rare police action here, Brazilian authorities late last month arrested two top environmental officials in southern Rio Grande do Sul state, along with ......

Brazil

Brazil offers water-management incentive

Brazil’s federal water-policy body, the National Water Agency (ANA), has launched a R$100 million (US$50 million), five-year program aimed at spurring states to improve management ......

Chile

Company vows more Chilean dams on way

The energy company Endesa is drawing fire from indigenous, environmental and citizens’ advocates here in the wake of its announcement that it is moving ahead ......

Around the Region

Belizean Supreme Court rejects drilling near reef

In a victory for environmental groups, Belize’s Supreme Court ruled on April 16th to annul oil drilling contracts in the waters of the Belize Barrier ......

Centerpiece

African-palm planters eye Peruvian Amazon

Marco Antonio del Águila reaches past the spiny branches of a palm tree, plucks a reddish-orange fruit and imagines a thriving African palm oil industry ......

Q&A

Biologist targets Peru’s highly biodiverse Loreto region

Biologist Nigel Pitman has spent more than a decade studying the forest in Peru’s northeastern region of Loreto. With few roads to serve as conduits ......