renewable energy

  • Photo of IDB and CDB fund Sustainable Energy Facility for Eastern Caribbean

    IDB and CDB fund Sustainable Energy Facility for Eastern Caribbean

    FLORIDA, United States, Tuesday October 20, 2015 – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) have signed off on the Sustainable Energy Facility, a US$71.5 million loan and grant package that will fund renewable energy and institutional capacity projects in six Eastern Caribbean countries. The signing by Presidents Alberto Moreno of the IDB and Dr. William…

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  • Photo of Caribbean Focused On Planning And Preparing For Bankable Renewable Energy Projects

    Caribbean Focused On Planning And Preparing For Bankable Renewable Energy Projects

    Representatives of Caribbean businesses along with financiers and government officers in the clean energy sector will get a better understanding of how to plan and prepare for bankable projects in renewable energy and energy efficiency this week. Some 30 project owners, developers, funders, financiers and consultants from several Caribbean countries are attending a Regional workshop on Financing Tools and Approaches for…

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  • Photo of Barbados to establish regional energy centre

    Barbados to establish regional energy centre

    Barbados is to establish a Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Energy Minister Darcy Boyce has said. Boyce, who held talks with Paolo Serpi, Italy’s Special Envoy to the Caribbean, said that the centre, which is expected to be inaugurated at the end of October, would ensure that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries all had the same standards…

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  • Photo of St. Kitts steps up efforts to harness geothermal energy

    St. Kitts steps up efforts to harness geothermal energy

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Friday July 17, 2015 – The St. Kitts and Nevis government says it has ramped up its pursuit of geothermal energy as it seeks to expand renewable energy alternatives. Minister of Energy Ian Liburd says there are plans to conduct feasibility study in St. Kitts, to establish the potential of geothermal energy. In Nevis, the development of geothermal…

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  • Photo of Caribbean billed as next hotbed for renewable development

    Caribbean billed as next hotbed for renewable development

    FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, CMC – A senior official of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said Wednesday that the agency is convinced of the potential that renewables present for sustainable development for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) including those in the Caribbean.   Director of the IRENA Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre, Henning Wuester said renewable energy is abundant, scalable and replicable and…

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  • Photo of Experts meeting to discuss options for renewable energy

    Experts meeting to discuss options for renewable energy

    FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, CMC – A three-day meeting bringing together some of the world’s leading renewable energy experts considering options for renewable energy development in the Caribbean and on the numerous islands scattered around the globe is taking place here. Organisers say the Martinique Conference on Island Energy Transitions, being held under the theme, ‘Pathways for Accelerated Uptake of Renewables’, will…

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  • Photo of UNDP and Cuba to boost development cooperation, special focus on renewable energy

    UNDP and Cuba to boost development cooperation, special focus on renewable energy

    Havana – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Jessica Faieta announced continued support to Cuba in the economic, social and  environmental fronts. At a press conference in Havana she said that UNDP will also place special emphasis on boosting renewable energy sources, especially through biofuel. Jessica Faieta also mentioned the need to increase support…

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  • Photo of UNDP, IDB, ECLAC to boost access to sustainable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean

    UNDP, IDB, ECLAC to boost access to sustainable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Washington, 23 February 2015- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) launched today in Washington a partnership to support the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean, boosting access to energy and increasing the use of renewable energies and efficiency…

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  • Photo of Showing a path forward on clean energy in the Caribbean | Dymphna van der Lans

    Showing a path forward on clean energy in the Caribbean | Dymphna van der Lans

    Dymphna van der Lans MANCHESTER, Jamaica, Monday February 23, 2015 – On Friday, officials from the Clinton Foundation joined government leaders and energy experts in Manchester, Jamaica to celebrate the groundbreaking of Phase III of the Wigton Windfarm. This project is expanding what is already the largest wind power project in the Caribbean Community. At the Clinton Climate Initiative, part of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation,…

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  • Photo of Grenada Mulls Geothermal Energy

    Grenada Mulls Geothermal Energy

    Following moves by several nearby Caribbean islands, Grenada is exploring the potential of geothermal energy on the island. Last year, the government signed a “support partnership framework” with the government of New Zealand, aiming to facilitate such exploration, and now that is moving forward. The government said this week that Grenada had contracted Jacobs New Zealand limited to undertake the…

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