Latin America poised to become renewable energy giant: report

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 06:01:02 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230309-latin-america-poised-to-become-renewable-energy-giant-report>

'Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Latin America is poised to become a major renewable
energy producer, with nearly a billion solar panels' worth of large-scale
clean-electricity projects slated to come online in the next seven years, a
report found Thursday.

In welcome good news for the climate-change race, researchers said Latin
American countries had more than 319 gigawatts of utility-scale solar- and
wind-power projects due to be launched by 2030 — equal to nearly 70 percent of
the region's total current electrical capacity from all sources combined.

"Rich in wind and solar resources, Latin America has the potential to be a
global leader for renewable energy," said the report by the Global Energy
Monitor (GEM), a US-based non-profit that tracks clean-energy development.

The new projects — which include planned installations and those already under
construction — would expand Latin America's current utility-scale solar- and
wind-power capacity by more than 460 percent, it found.

That makes the region a "global standout" on renewables, said Kasandra O'Malia,
project manager at GEM.'

Via Future Crunch:
<https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-global-malaria-lgbtq-warriors-river-albania/>

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