Finance & Investment
Energisa’s distribution businesses to upgrade across Brazil
Brazil’s National Bank for Economic and Social Development is supporting the investment plans of nine of Energisa Group’s energy distributors.
Smart Meters
Smart metering in Colombia – costs vs benefits
A national smart meter rollout in Colombia is likely to start providing positive net benefits only from the seventh year into implementation.
Renewable Energy
Bolivia’s largest solar plant comes on line
The 100MW Oruro solar plant in the Bolivian Andes is ready to enter commercial operation with the inauguration of the second phase.
Renewable Energy
Engie Chile to pilot monetising the cost of decarbonisation
IDB Invest is providing $125 million through an innovative financial structure towards the decarbonisation of Chile’s energy matrix.
Smart Grid
Neoenergia looks to MPLS for smart grid expansion in Brazil
Brazilian electricity company Neoenergia is modernising its communication networks with MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching).
Smart Meters
Enel launches 300,000 smart meter rollout in São Paulo
Enel Distribuição São Paulo is piloting the manufacture and installation of 300,000 smart meters in the São Paulo metropolitan region.
Digitalisation
Enel-Codensa inaugurates first 100% digital electrical substation in Colombia
The Portugal substation in the Engativá locality in the west of the capital Bogotá marks a milestone in the modernisation of Colombia’s electricity sector.
Smart Grid
Jamaica Public Service reports benefits from smart grid technology
Jamaica Public Service reports improvements in power reliability as well as streetlighting energy efficiency.
Interviews
Industry Leader: Catherine Von Burg
She is committed to the transformation of the power grid and creating universal access to renewable energy by leveraging distributed energy storage.
Distributed generation
Deploying microgrids for humanitarian needs
Just south of the US-Mexican border in Texas lies the city of Matamoros, Mexico. Home to over 500,000 Mexican citizens, Matamoros additionally...
