According to President Porfirio Lobo, The Syndicate of Workers of the National Electricity Company (STENEE), will participate in the process to award service metering, billing and collection for electrical service. The union will be present throughout the bidding and award process to ensure the transparency of the contract, and because its members are the ones […]
On December 29th, 2011 ONYX Service & Solutions Inc. (Greenwood Village, Colorado, U.S.) announced a new plan to break up its 22 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project on the island of Roatan, Honduras, into several small PV plants. The company cites the older electricity distribution system on the island as a factor in the formulation […]
This past weekend, President Lobo attended the inauguration ceremony of Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner. This is Fernandez Kirchner’s second term as President for the South American Nation. She celebrated the occasion with other Presidents from various countries who had been invited to the event. President Lobo took advantage of the opportunity to meet with […]
Plastics (including bags) make up the vast majority of refuse in the Bay Islands. In the future, this plastic waste may be where Roatan’s electricity comes from. According to the Director of Operations of the Roatan Electric Company, (RECO), Mathew Harper, a letter of intent was presented to both Roatan municipalities on November 10th, 2011 […]
The reported killing of 23 Honduran farmers in a dispute with the owners of UN-accredited palm oil plantations in Honduras is forcing the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) executive board to reconsider its stakeholder consultation processes. In Brussels, the Green MEP Bas Eickhout called the alleged human rights abuses “a disgrace”, and told EurActiv he would […]