Green Business Models
The 100 kW threshold that opens the wholesale electricity market
A plant that exceeds 100 kW of maximum demand at one site may buy at a negotiated price instead of a regulated…
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Renewable Energy
Salto Grande delivers energy to two systems as a binational body
The complex supplies a large share of the country's hydro generation, yet it does not belong to the country. It is administered…
Green Business Models
Two totals for the same month in the electricity mix of Panama
Two publications from the system operator, uploaded on the same day, close July 2026 with different generation totals. The difference is small…
Renewable Energy
The sanctioned spot price for July 2026 admits five different averages
The electricity market administrator publishes 744 hourly values per month and no average at all. The average is built by whoever reads…
Renewable Energy
Uruguay’s 90%+ renewable grid: what a company actually checks before it sets up
Uruguay, 99% renewable" travels well on a slide. But a location decision that lasts a decade shouldn't rest on a single year's…
Buildings & Efficiency
Energy Efficiency in Tropical Office Buildings: Cooling Load Runs the Show
In a tropical climate, air conditioning sets a commercial building's power bill. Panama already regulates it with a building code (RES v2);…
Buildings & Efficiency
Green Certification EDGE and LEED in Uruguay and Panama: What the Building Label Actually Measures
IFC's EDGE requires a 20% reduction in energy, water and embodied carbon against a local baseline building; LEED targets integrated excellence. How…
Solar for Business
Solar for Commercial Buildings in Panama: Net Metering, Dollars and the Sun-Tax Risk
Panama has roughly 170 MW of self-consumption solar and a dollar economy that simplifies the payback math. We break down the distributed-generation…
Solar for Business
Tropical Sun, Bankable Numbers: What Panama’s Solar Figures Mean for Business
Panama's sun measures somewhere between 4.8 and 5.5 kWh/m² per day depending on the source, and its installed solar capacity reached 695.55…
Renewable Energy
Wind, Solar and Grid Stability in Uruguay: The Firmness Challenge Behind an Almost-Renewable Matrix
Uruguay passed 1,525 MW of installed wind and aims to add 1,000 MW of solar by 2030. The challenge is no longer…