All told, the programme will enable some $500m of investment into wind, PV, hydropower and geothermal projects, as well as energy-efficiency schemes, in six countries – Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama.

Despite the immense promise held by renewables in Central America, the region’s wind and solar markets remain at a nascent stage. Nicaragua, a regional leader in relative terms, saw a 44MW Globeleq-backed wind project commissioned this spring.

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