The Project
The project EUCARINET, is a four-year INCONET Coordination Action whose main goal is to strengthen bi-regional sustainable policy dialogue on Science...
In some countries it is predicted that installed solar will reach grid parity at retail level without the need for Government subsidies by...
EVEN by the standards of American bureaucracy, an organisation that operated for 13 years without achieving anything is impressive. Yet that was the...
An ocean thermal-energy conversion (OTEC) pilot project is in the works at Curaçao International Airport as part of a larger scheme to take advantage of...
The Mount Gay Distillery in Barbados
Like most industries, Barbados’ rum sector is facing rising energy costs — but one Barbadian minister has a...
This week, Xing Fu-Bertaux and Matthew Lucky of Worldwatch’s Climate and Energy team are meeting with senior policymakers and educators in Port-au-Prince at a high-level...
As a small island nation in the Caribbean without any fossil fuel production, Jamaica has frequently found itself in a crisis the type of which is...
The construction of an “energy island” off the coast of Barbados has been suggested by executive director of the newly formed Barbados Renewable Energy Association,...
Worldwatch researchers recently completed their initial visit to Jamaica for the Caribbean Low-Carbon Energy Roadmaps project. The team discussed a range of issues related to...
In today’s society, renewable energy has become something of a buzz word – often uttered in the same breath with ‘going green’, ‘climate change’, and...
Overlooking one of Dominican Republic’s beautiful black sand beaches in Palmar de Ocoa, Barahona, a row of seashore villas dominates the bay. Throughout...
The green movement has brought lots of more environmentally friendly options to the forefront when it comes to homes, and in the Bahamas,...
Louisiana is an oil and gas rich southern state in the United States of America. It was the first site for drilling over...
The Energy Conservation Fund was established in 2008 as part of the Government’s response to rising energy costs in Saint Vincent and the ...
The first wave of shock and news-making about the Japanese nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi, of March, 2011, has waned somewhat, but the...
T&T has the cheapest electricity rates in the Caribbean which has been a disincentive to the introduction of renewable energy. However, things are...
The Caribbean harbours great potential for renewable energies. At present, over 90 percent of energy used in the Caribbean is fuelled by oil....
The sun will still shine when the oil runs out”
- Professor Oliver Headley
Professor Oliver Headley warned: “The sun will still...
It is high time for the Virgin Islands to start switching to alternative energy. Already, the territory is being left behind by many ...
