Kyocera Solar do Brasil is planning to invest $5 million in a solar equipment manufacturing facility in Brazil.

Conduit Capital Partners LLC and CAF announced that they have invested in the Tacna and Panamericana solar projects in southern Peru, and that the Tacna project has entered into operation.

A 20 MW solar power plant was inaugurated in Peru.

Global investment in clean energy totaled $56.6 billion in the third quarter of 2012, down 5 percent from the previous quarter and 20 percent lower than 3Q 2011.

The T-Solar Group is developing 99 MW of solar power in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Peru.

Ilumina, the largest photovoltaic plant in operation in Puerto Rico, has been officially inaugurated by Governor Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burse.

The Brazilian government said it will invest 269 billion reals ($132.2 billion) in the power generation and transmission sectors over the next 10 years.

Acciona is requesting a $90 million unsecured corporate loan from the Inter-Developmental Bank for projects in Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico.

Mainstream Renewable Power of Ireland signed a $78.4 million credit facility with Macquarie to finance wind and solar projects in four countries, including Chile and Canada.

Martifer Solar signed a strategic agreement to build a large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Chile with Ingenostrum.

Germany-based Schmid Group is planning to build a solar panel factory in Argentina’s San Juan province.

AES Solar, a joint venture between AES and Riverstone Holdings, said it expects to begin commercial operations at the 24 MW Ilumina solar power project in Puerto Rico.

AWS Truepower and Aires Renewables have formed a partnership to provide renewable energy consulting services in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

Empresa de Pesquisa Energetica, the research institute of Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy, has released a 60 page report on the competiveness and feasibility of creating a solar industry in Brazil.

Cogenra Solar, along with U.S.-based THINKnrg, completed a rooftop installation at the Hotel Real InterContinental, a five-star resort in San Salvador, El Salvador.

A report from the International Energy Agency says that, despite economic uncertainties in several countries, power generation from wind, solar, hydroelectric and other renewable sources is expected to increase by more than 40 percent to almost 6,400 TWh by 2017.

The Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC), the U.S. government's development finance institution, on June 19 approved $185 million in financing for the construction of two 20 MW solar power plants in Peru.

Chilean state copper producer Codelco has opened a $3.5 million, 1 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) generation plant to supply its Chuquicamata division in northern region II.

Andes Mainstream Renewable Power has entered the first stages of developing a 162 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the Atacama Desert in Chile.