Siemens Energy has received a first order from North America for the supply of its SGT-750 industrial gas turbine.

UK renewable energy business ENER-G has partnered with the Municipality of Aguascalientes  to open Mexico's first landfill gas capture facility at San Nicolás landfill, Aguascalientes, in central Mexico.

Based on the increasing demand for the new technology and with the purpose of expanding to support new markets, Oilon has decided to invest in South America.

Siemens Energy has signed a contract with Minera Mexico for the turnkey supply of a second combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in Mexico, and will supply electricity to its copper mines.

Power plant specialist Wartsila has been awarded a turnkey €155m contract by Barrick Gold to supply a gas-fired power plant for a project in the Dominican Republic. The combined cycle power plant will provide electricity for the Pueblo Viejo gold mine.

France's Orbeo, a joint-venture between Rhodia and Societe Generale, is set to develop a carbon emissions reduction cogeneration project using biomass in Mexico.

Brazilian biomass developer Energias Renovaveis do Brasil (ERB) is set to invest up to US$1.3 billion to build an on-site cogeneration plants across Brazil.

Spain’s Iberdrola Ingenieria has started work on a 430 MW cogeneration power plant in Salamanca in Mexico’s Guanajuato state.

Mexico has approved reforms in the law that will allow companies to become self-producers using hydroelectricity, according to El Universal newspaper.

Argentina’s Ministry of Federal Planning recently put into operation six small power plants, with a combined capacity of almost 93 MW, representing a significant addition of distributed generation to the country’s energy mix.

It was not that long ago that many were proclaiming the death of climate change policy in light of the lack of progress in Copenhagen ...

The Chilean water utility, Aguas Andinas is to install GE’s Jenbacher biogas engines as part of a wastewater treatment plant expansion and renewable energy project along the Mapocho River, near the capital city of Santiago.