APER hosting forum on renewable energy challenges
December 9, 2013
The Association of Renewable Energy Producers will host Tuesday a forum focusing on industry issues and the challenges the sector faces in Puerto Rico related to infrastructure, pricing and economic matters.
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5 Puerto Rico farms get $208K for solar energy projects
August 15, 2013
Four Puerto Rico farms will receive about $160,000 combined to develop on-site photovoltaic solar systems to slash their energy bills through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which is authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill, the agency announced.
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Clinton: ‘Puerto Rico could lead Caribbean in move toward energy independence’
July 17, 2013
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who visited Puerto Rico this week to discuss his views on furthering renewable energy use, told a roomful of government officials, academics, lawmakers and business leaders Tuesday that the U.S. territory has the tools to “lead the entire Caribbean in a move toward being energy-independent.”
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Pres. Clinton in Puerto Rico for brief visit
July 16, 2013
President Bill Clinton arrived to Puerto Rico Monday afternoon to begin a brief 24-hour visit that includes an agenda of private meetings with government officials and supporters, as well as delivering a speech on the importance of renewable energy during a forum today.
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Study: Energy from renewable sources would save Puerto Ricans $240M
July 12, 2013
The energy drawn from renewable sources could represent savings of up to $240 million in energy production by 2020, resulting in significant relief to thousands of island residents who are served by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, according to the findings of a study unveiled Thursday by the Renewable Energy Producers Association.
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Puerto Rico Energy Affairs to assign $25M in rebates this year
July 4, 2013
The Puerto Rico Energy Affairs Administration has a $25 million budget to provide subsidies for eligible residential and commercial renewable energy projects, representing a 20 percent increase over the $20 million available for fiscal 2013, agency Executive Director José Maeso said Wednesday.
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Experts: Increased renewable energy use could shave $200M off electricity bills
May 30, 2013
Despite the existence of several adverse factors that affect the price of renewable energy production in Puerto Rico, the amount per kilowatt-hour is considerably lower today than what it costs the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to produce energy from fossil sources, the head of the Association of Renewable Energy Producers said Wednesday.
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APER seeks to help ‘stabilize, reduce’ Puerto Rico energy costs
May 7, 2013
Faced with the constant demand by consumers wanting relief in soaring energy costs and the government's efforts to try to meet those expectations, the Association of Renewable Energy Producers went public Monday with a mission to help stabilize and reduce the price of energy in Puerto Rico.
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USDA opens call for ‘green’ energy projects funding
April 1, 2013
Puerto Rico farmers and rural small businesses for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects looking to develop energy efficiency and renewable energy projects have the chance to obtain funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program, agency Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced.
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Public, private sector urge for ‘energy transformation’
February 21, 2013
Hundreds of professionals representing the green energy, construction, and recycling industries, as well as local and national environmental organizations got together in Puerto Rico this week to present alternatives for sustainable development.
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CIAPR lobbies for ‘orderly’ renewable energy plan
November 6, 2012
The results of today’s elections will play a big role in the Puerto Rico School of Engineers and Land Surveyors’ plans and strategies for the coming year, not only in benefit of the organization’s 11,500 members, but for Puerto Rico in general.
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Moca food plant gets $200K for ‘green’ energy system
November 5, 2012
Hacienda Gosen, a food processing plant in Moca, will receive a $200,000 subsidy from the Agriculture Department to establish a solar energy system and two other mechanisms to recycle vegetable oil and waste, the agency announced.
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Sonnedix/Yarotek break ground on Salinas solar farm
November 1, 2012
A groundbreaking ceremony took place Wednesday to begin construction on the photovoltaic Salinas Solar Park, the first of three solar energy production projects developed and operated in Puerto Rico by partner companies Sonnedix and Yarotek.
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Green Energy Fund making $11M in incentives available as of July 1
June 28, 2012
The new fiscal year that starts July 1 will make $11 million in incentives available to businesses looking to invest in renewable energy projects, Economic Development and Commerce Secretary José Pérez-Riera said Thursday.
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Renewable energy execs: P.R. ‘really needs’ to get behind solar, wind projects
April 13, 2012
Renewable energy site developers are hopeful that the process of establishing wind and solar farms in Puerto Rico will get easier as more projects in the pipeline are approved.
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