Roundup: CDM request, debenture offer, nuclear ban, renewables promotion

TÜV Rheinland filed a CDM registration request with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change for Inversiones Hidroeléctricas' 5MW Nicaragua hydro El Diamante which would offset an estimated 14,393t/year of CO2 emissions.

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Belize Electricity opened a BZ$25mn (US$12.4mn) series 6 debenture offer that will earn 6.5%/year through 2030. "Proceeds from this debenture offer are being used to refinance the company's BZ$24.8 million series 3 debentures," the company said in a statement.

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Paraguayan senators Arnoldo Wiens, Fernando Silva Facetti and Arnaldo Giuzzio tabled a bill to prohibit nuclear use in the country as well as the import and transit of nuclear reactors.

Paraguay has rejected the installation of nuclear project Caren 150 in neighboring Argentine province Formosa.

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And Argentine province Entre Ríos' energy department and local industrialists association UIER created renewable energy promotion entity Observatorio de Energías Renovables.