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  In the rural mountains of the Coquimbo region of Chile, where many residents are hours from the nearest town, an off-grid solar PV project has provided energy to over 3,000 homes. Branco, one of four students at a rural school in Chacay Alto, said he used the energy from PV panels at his school “for computers, lights, television, and to charge batteries.” … [Read more...] about A Renewable Energy Revolution In Chile

  *To read this post in Spanish, click here. In our previous post “How to Restore Trust? Falling Prices of Raw Materials and Political Crisis,” we talked about the difficult situation that governments are put under pressure by the arrival of fewer resources in the primary sector and citizens that increasingly tolerate less abuse of power and demand better … [Read more...] about Navigating the Perfect Storm: A Crisis of Trust at the Subnational level

Latin America and the Caribbean, which has the highest use of renewable energy of any global region, has many outstanding candidates for the $4 million Zayed Future Energy Prize. The prize was created by the government of the United Arab Emirates in 2008. According to Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany, Director of the Prize, “it aims to inspire innovation and recognize achievement in … [Read more...] about $4 Million in Prizes for Innovation in Renewable Energy