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Sigora Haiti, a subsidiary of Sigora International, is bringing renewable electricity to rural areas of Haiti that were previously left in the dark.  The company has plans to use its micro-utility platform to power the northwest region of the country with solar and wind energy. Currently, a 200-kilowatt solar array is under construction.

As of now, the estimated totaled $10 million Sigora Haiti Northwest electrification project will be able to expand the company’s existing pilot grid network from around 5,000 customers to upwards of 136,000 (an estimated 27,000 accounts) upon completion. The funding for this venture partly comes from ElectriFI, who has provided $2.5 million towards the Northwest Phase 1 expansion, and will have a renewable energy capacity of 3.5MWp.

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Internationally, nations are increasingly focused on easing their dependence on oil and natural gas for the things their inhabitants use the most: cars. However, upon investigation, it was found that Germany’s early plan of having all cars be electric in the coming years may actually have an adverse affect by creating even more pollution and emissions. In an… Keep reading →

DNV GL, an international consultancy group based in Norway, has claimed to have found the key to implementing grid-connected energy storage networks and systems. What has been called a “multi-stakeholder” approach involves different parties utilizing battery-stored energy at different times. This research has been conducted in conjunction with Peeks, a commercial aggregator in the business… Keep reading →

How can 600 million people be left in the dark in an area with an estimated 1,100 GW of untapped energy potential? This week the World Energy Council will be meeting at the 9th Annual African Energy Indaba to find a solution to this question.  Presently, the continent harbors plentiful resources that have the potential… Keep reading →

Breaking Energy Staff

As China’s economy grows larger, it is slowing down. But the advancing economy is also creating new opportunities. That reality was on display recently as China announced the opening of a new railroad link between London and China.

The train line will be one of the longest in the world spanning roughly 7.500 miles – nearly a third of the circumference of the Earth and after leaving China the train passes through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France before reaching England. The news might seem like merely another PR stunt by China trying to display economic muscle, but it also has some meaningful information for investors in the energy and materials industries.

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Pope Francis praying

“First, it must be stated that a true right of the environment does exist, and for two reasons: First, because we human beings are part of the environment, we live in communion with it since the environment itself entails ethical limits which human activity must acknowledge and respect. Man, for all of his remarkable gifts… Keep reading →

USS Fletcher Helps Maintain U.N. Blockade on Iraq

Once again, the US Navy is moving more warships to the Persian Gulf. This time, though, we’re not sending an extra aircraft carrier or another task force. This is arguably a de-escalation of possible tensions with Iran. In a nutshell, the Navy is replacing big ships with small ones. The three new ships – Tempest,… Keep reading →

A view of the Royal Dutch Shell's Pulau

The US has shifted from importing refined oil products like gasoline to exporting over 1 million barrels per day in 2012 and companies are positioning themselves to cash in on the trend. The US has exported diesel fuel to Europe for years, which makes sense because demand for the fuel is much higher across the… Keep reading →

Last Coal Mine In Saar Region Closes

Hayward steps in as interim Glencore chairman Former BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward is will serve as interim board chairman at mining behemoth Glencore Xstrata until a replacement can be found. Hayward was head of BP at the time of the Deepwater Horizon incident – a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010… Keep reading →

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Turkey’s state-run oil firm has struck an agreement with U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) to develop joint projects in Kurdish-administered northern Iraq, the country’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday. Mr. Erdogan also said that Turkey can pursue separate arrangements with the Erbil-based Kurdistan Regional Government, or KRG. “Countries from various parts… Keep reading →

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