The Caribbean Policy Research Institute is executing a renewable energy (RE) Project aimed at supporting renewable energy policy frameworks as well as investments for renewable energy in Region. Much progress has been made, and in July 2013, CAPRI hosted a RE Forum at the UWI Mona Campus which attracted the participation of wide cross section of persons. It was concluded that through the Project and beyond, CAPRI has an important role to play in support of RE development in the region
At the forum, Hilary Alexander, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Jamaica, pointed out that collaboration in the context of the research serves to further facilitate the exchange of information between stakeholders, adding that “much of what we do and what we've accomplished has been due to partnership”. According to Dr. Suzanne Shaw, CaPRI’s Renewable Energy Progamme Manager, what they are trying to do “is on one hand influence policies in Caribbean countries to create an enabling environment to allow renewable energy to emerge and occupy the place that it can occupy as an economic alternative to conventional energy sources”. CARICOM Energy Programme Manager, Mr. Joseph Williams highlighted the critical role of the outputs of the project as part of regional strategy
