21 November 2012: Officials from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) met to discuss cooperation between the two agencies on projects related to renewable energy.
14 November 2012: The Clearinghouse for the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) has released the latest issue of its bimonthly ECPA Clearinghouse Newsletter.
16 October 2012: Caribbean energy experts met in advance of the annual Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF), convening from 15-17 October, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Organized by the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, the meeting considered alternatives for electricity interconnections in the Caribbean Region.
Hosted by Costa Rica's Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications (MINEAT), with support from the Organization of American States (OAS), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin American Development Bank (CAF), Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE), the Energy and Climate Partnership for the Americas (ECPA) and others, the first-ever Geothermal Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEOLAC 2012) will gather regional stakeholders to debate, analyze and explore the future of geothermal development in the region.
13 July 2012: The Private Financing Advisory Network of the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI PFAN) has issued a call for proposals from Central America and the Caribbean for the first Clean Energy Financing Forum for Central America and the Caribbean (CEFF-CAC) Business Plan Competition slated to be held on 26 April 2013, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
CSEF is a biennial renewable energy and energy efficiency forum that has been held in the Caribbean region since 2008. Organized by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat with financial support from the Government of Finland, CSEF III will be organized around the theme "Advancing Energy Integration and Energy Access through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency." A special focus of the event will be geothermal energy.
June 2012: The Subregional headquarters in Mexico of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has published its annual collection of statistics for 2011 regarding power generation in six countries of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. It finds that of the 660 megawatts (MW) installed capacity that came online in the region in 2011, only 85 MW involved fossil fuel (the coal-fired Palmas plant in Guatemala).
21 June 2012: During the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), the World Bank announced a plan to double support in developing countries for expanded electricity access and more renewable energy initiatives.
June 2012: The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the World Bank has published a report titled "Drilling Down on Geothermal Potential: An Assessment for Central America," which analyzes the potential of geothermal energy for electric power generation in Central America, addresses the main barriers to its development, and provides region- and country-specific policy recommendations.
June 2012: The third issue of "The Road to Rio+20: For a Development-led Economy" published by the UN Conference on Trade and Environment (UNCTAD) contains two articles on experiences with innovative approaches to biodiversity conservation in Latin America: the Yasuni-ITT Initiative in Ecuador; and the Mesoamerican Corridor in Mexico.
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