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Caribbean countries spend up to 40% of their foreign exchange earnings to import fossil fuels needed for their electricity and transport sectors. The...
THE PURSUIT of alternative energy is fundamental to a positive future for Jamaica. The statistics are overwhelming of the debilitating cost of imported...
What is the AREO?
The Anguilla Renewable Energy Office (AREO) was founded in 2008 to promote a transition to renewable energy production on Anguilla....
JAMAICA
Jamaica is the largest English-speaking country in the Caribbean, with a population of nearly 2.8 million. Jamaica benefits from DFID’s regional programmes for...
Renewable Energy Loan
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Put the power in your hands: Access a Renewable Energy Loan and reduce your reliance on...
China again added more wind capacity in 2011 than did the United States: 2.6 times as much, according to the Global Wind Energy Council.[i] But...
October 12-14, 2011
Hilton, Bridgetown, Barbados
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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...
The U.S. Virgin Islands are a great place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to pay energy bills there. The tiny U.S. territory...
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 ...
In 2010, the government of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), issued a request for development of an Energy Conservation Policy and Implementation Strategy. The...
Quite a few Guyanese have, for a long time, had a serious electricity problem.
Many of our areas, particularly in the south, south-west and south-east...
Driven by social, economic and environmental concerns, the Government of Jamaica has expressed increasing interest in the development of renewable energy. Facilitating net...
The overall goal of our energy efficiency programme is to induce lasting structural and behavioural changes in the marketplace, resulting in the increased...
An official from an international oil group says that if there should be a mandate here in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean to adapt to...
Chaa Creek, Belize’s first and most enthusiastic Green eco resort has applauded the Japanese government’s offer to build a $20 million photo-voltaic solar...
Without sustainable practices, Caribbean islands like Turks and Caicos may find themselves struggling to stay afloat.
The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) has embarked on...
Let it shine: Solar panels manufactured by Sharp Corporation make electricity at Kansai Electric Power Company’s mega solar power station in Sakai, Osaka...
By Jorge Piñón
For the first time since July 2008, this month the average price of Venezuela’s crude oil export basket surpassed the $100 per-barrel mark....
Few economies are as dependent on oil as the BVI, where 100% of our electricity and transportation is dependent on fossil fuels. Recognizing that our...
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