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Virtually eliminating the carbon footprint from Latin America’s power sector by 2050 would require $ 66 billion in annual investments, with spending on renewable energy making up half that amount, according to a new report analyzing full “climate stabilization” in the region.

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A consortium of renewable energy developers led by Canadian firms Solexica Energy Corp., JCM Capital, and Radical Energy Inc. has signed a 20-year concession agreement with CONELEC (Consejo Nacional de Electricidad) to purchase electricity generated by solar power plants in the Republic of Ecuador. Power from the plants, a combined generation of 62.5-megawatt-peak (50-MW AC), will be purchased at US 40.03 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) and distributed to the national electric grid.

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At Solar Power International 2012 in Orlando, Fla., panelists from the Outbound from America to Latin America session sat down to continue the conversation in the Solar Central booth on the show floor. Watch the entire discussion on video below.
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Suntech recently passed the 1 gigawatt (GW) mark in the Americas, and of course, the vast share of those installations were done in the more mature, lucrative and stable North America region.
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China, always on the lookout for emerging markets, is investing in a $ 900 million, 300-megawatt (MW) solar farm as part of a broader trade agreement between the two nations.
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The United Nations Earth Summit kicked off this week in Rio de Janeiro, but even before its conclusion, the highly anticipated Rio+20 gathering was beset by a lack of specific goals and a failure to draw world leaders like American President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Brazil topped an index of best clean energy opportunities among 26 Latin American and Caribbean countries, the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter- American Development Bank and Bloomberg New Energy Finance said.
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The timing couldn’t be better as Rio de Janeiro puts the finishing touches on Earth Summit 2012, dubbed “Rio+20″ because it marks two decades since the city hosted the inaugural event that was credited with breakthrough agreements.
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Construction has begun on what will become Chile’s largest wind farm, a 115-megawatt development in the Antofagasta region in the northern part of the country.
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Mexico, a heavyweight in oil production, took a firm stand against climate change by passing a law that would make it the second nation after the United Kingdom to institute legally binding carbon targets.
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