(posted Nov. 13, 6:45 p.m.)- The legislative National Assembly today approved a special reform to the Law to Development the Tumarín Hydroelectric Project, a monstrous 253-megawat dam that will supply nearly 25% of all Nicaragua’s energy needs once it is...

Nicaragua has been making international headlines for its ambitious goal to achieve energy independence by the end of the next decade. But already the government is making important advances on two other fronts in the country’s energy revolution: energy efficiency...

MANAGUA—Nicaragua hasn’t won too many development races over the years, but this Central American dark horse is quickly making its way to the head of the pack in the global green-energy marathon, according to renowned energy expert Daniel Kammen. With...

(posted June 19, 8:25 a.m.)- Nicaragua is one of the most attractive countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to invest in renewable energy, according to a report released yesterday at the Río+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil....

Nicaragua’s renewable energy revolution continues to steam forward with the recent launch of Polaris’s new 36-megawatt geothermal plant at the San Jacinto Tizate site, located on the skirts of the Santa Clara Volcano in León. The new volcanic-powered plant, which...

There’s a lot of hot air in Nicaragua these days, and some of it’s due to global warming.  Over the past 50 years, Nicaragua’s average temperature has increased by three degrees centigrade. Farmers and meteorologists have noticed a marked change...

Deep inside the sticky jungle of Cerro Wawashang, a verdant and undulating nature reserve in the heart of the South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS), Nicaragua’s newest military unit, “The Ecological Battalion,” has struck its first blow in the army’s new...

Five years ago, Nicaragua was on the brink of a modern “dark age.” Years of political myopia, partisan brinksmanship and fumbling mismanagement had pushed Nicaragua to the edge of political and economic collapse and social upheaval. At the center of...