“Este financiamiento es parte del compromiso del BID para desarrollar mecanismos que permitan apoyar la financiación a largo plazo de la energía renovable y proyectos de tecnologías limpias en la región que estimulen la innovación, la creación de empleo y el crecimiento económico verde”, dijo Daniela Carrera-Marquis, jefa de la División de Mercados Financieros del Departamento de Financiamiento Estructurado y Corporativo (SCF) del BID.

El nuevo fondo invertirá en proyectos de energía eólica, solar y geotérmica, así como en pequeñas hidroeléctricas, al igual que en empreas de servicios energéticos que utilizan tecnologías limpias, incluyendo la gestión de residuos, biomasa, eficiencia energética y proyectos de redes inteligentes

dijo John Paul Moscarella, fundador y director gerente de Emerging Energy Latin America Fund II.

implementar en nuestro país el uso de energías renovables no convencionales en todas las escalas y además contribuir, con diversas iniciativas, a la estabilidad de nuestro sistema eléctrico, pues la energía se consume donde se produce, velando en forma permanente, para que ello se haga con seguridad".

2011 highlights include a 36% surge in total investment in solar technology, to $136.6bn. This was nearly double the $74.9bn investment in wind power, which was down 17% on the previous year

The performance of solar is even more remarkable when you consider that the price of photovoltaic modules fell by close to 50% during 2011, and now stands 75% lower than three years ago, in mid-2008. The cost of PV technology has fallen, but the volume of PV sold has increased by a much greater factor as it approached competitiveness with other sources of power.”

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"According to Lux Research, who will be at Organic Photovoltaics 2011, the market for this technology is anticipated to reach $159 million by 2020; OPV technologies, including bulk hetrojunction, dye sensitized and hybrid cells, are positioned to flourish in niche markets where attributes like cost, portability, transparency and flexibility are important,"

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Solar panel installations may surge in the next two years as the cost of generating electricity from the sun rivals coal-fueled plants, industry executives and analysts said.

Large photovoltaic projects will cost $1.45 a watt to build by 2020, half the current price, Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimated today.

nstallation of solar PV systems will almost double to 32.6 gigawatts by 2013 from 18.6 gigawatts last year, New Energy Finance estimates.