In a video from Swiss researchers, someone steps repeatedly on a small square of wood flooring that is wired to a lightbulb, and with every step, the light bulb flickers on. Just […]
What if walking around on your wood floors powered your home?
Dominican Republic: Intricacies of Dominican Republic’s US$48M electric utility scam
Santo Domingo.- Through Rubén Jiménez Bichara, former executive vice president of the Dominican Corporation of State Electric Companies, operated a structure to presumably arrange the tenders of equipment for the electricity distribution […]
Suriname: SRD 320 in electricity subsidy for households with 1- and 2-phase connection
The adjustment of the energy and water rates is to make the Suriname Energy Companies (EBS) and the Surinaamsche Waterleiding Maatschappij (SWM) healthy. Natural Resources (NH) minister David Abiamofo said this at a […]
Suriname: Large-scale electricity consumers are taxed more heavily with the new tariff structure
Large consumers of electricity will be taxed more heavily with a new tariff structure. They will no longer receive subsidies. Small consumers will receive a subsidy. During the General Political Considerations (APB) in the National […]
Haiti: $10 million dam inaugurated in northern town
President Jovenel Moïse inaugurated Saturday the Marion hydroelectric dam in Terrier Rouge, a commune in the Northeastern Department about 20 miles from Cap-Haitien. The USD $10 million dam was completed over three […]
This lantern only needs sea water to charge
The Guajira Peninsula, a coastal desert at the northernmost tip of South America, is one of the poorest places on the continent. It’s a remote area, and there’s limited access to electricity. […]
Haiti: EDH Leader Sheds Light On 24/7 Electricity Program Underway In Haiti
Michel Présumé, general director of Electricity of Haiti (EDH), leaned forward in his seat over Zoom, slightly raised his voice and started talking faster. It’s as though he could hardly wait to […]
Haiti: Eager Residents Take Electricity Poles Off Truck To Get Work Started
Excited by the arrival of 138 electricity poles to their town, residents of St. Raphael, a commune in the Northern Department, emptied the truck themselves instead of waiting for a crew to […]
Dominican Republic: Edeeste has more interruptions than other distributors
Empresa Distribuidora de Electricidad Edeeste has the highest frequency of interruptions in electricity service per customer and is the company that takes the longest to resolve these interruptions. Edeeste had an average […]
Trinidad & Tobago: Bill passed: Finance Minister seeks to oversee WASA, T&TEC borrowing
A Bill outlining amendments to borrowing powers for the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) and the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) was passed with amendments in Parliament. The legislation, titled ‘The Miscellaneous […]
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