renewable energy

  • Sustainable Energy Incubation & Development Fund in Support of Business in Bio & Renewable Energies in the Caribbean

    The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the ACP Business Climate Facility (BizClim) is organizing a two-day International Workshop on Sustainable Energy Incubation & Development Fund in support of business in Bio & Renewable energies in the Caribbean, which will be held at the Creole Beach Hotel in Guadeloupe from the 20th to 21st of January 2015. Many times,…

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  • Photo of The Caribbean’s Energy Potential

    The Caribbean’s Energy Potential

    By Jorge Familiar CJ Contributor ENERGY SECURITY is at the top of the agenda for Caribbean leaders and it has been for some time. With an average cost of electricity four times higher than in rich nations such as the United States, high energy costs are not only a daily hardship for Caribbean people, but also one of the key…

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  • Photo of Renewables can benefit water, energy and food nexus

    Renewables can benefit water, energy and food nexus

    ABU DHABI, Jan 26 2015 (IPS) – With global energy needs projected to increase by 35 percent by 2035, a newreport says meeting this demand could increase water withdrawals in the energy sector unless more cost effective renewable energy sources are deployed in power, water and food production. The report, titled “Renewable Energy in the Water, Energy & Food Nexus” by the International Renewable…

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  • Photo of Barbados launching renewable energy education

    Barbados launching renewable energy education

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan 08 2015, CNS – Renewable energy education is about to be launched in Barbados. That is how the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic’s (SJPP) Acting Curriculum Development Industrial Liaison Officer Audrey Jones-Drayton has described the introduction of the island’s first ever training course in photovoltaic installations which will be offered at the tertiary institution. Explaining the rationale behind…

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  • St. Kitts and Nevis hailed for giant leap in renewable energy

    BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JANUARY 14TH 2015 (CUOPM) – The Federation’s construction of a second solar farm is not only getting region attention, but is also making international headlines. The Independent Daily European Express says St. Kitts and Nevis’ quest to become the world’s first sustainable island state, has taken a giant leap in its programme to cut energy costs. Last…

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  • Photo of St Vincent embarks on renewable energy path

    St Vincent embarks on renewable energy path

    KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, Monday January 12, 2015, IPS – For decades, the fertile slopes of La Soufriere volcano, which occupies the northern third of this 344-kilometre-square island, has produced illegally grown marijuana that fuels the local underground economy, and the trade in that illicit drug across the eastern Caribbean. But now the 1,234-metre-high mountain, which last erupted in 1979, is now being…

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  • Photo of With Austrian funding, UNIDO to help establish Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

    With Austrian funding, UNIDO to help establish Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

    (UNIDO, Vienna) The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of Austrian Development Cooperation, today signed a 1.3 million Euro funding agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE). The signing ceremony was also attended by representatives of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Sustainable…

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  • Grenada to host renewable energy workshop

    ST GEORGE’S, Grenada — A renewable energy workshop sponsored by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) will be held in Grenada on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Representatives from both public and private sectors have been invited to participate and contribute valuable insights on issues surrounding renewable energy deployment in Grenada. The workshop is an outcome of a European Union funded…

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  • Photo of Multiple renewable energy options in all CARICOM Member States – Dr. Devon Gardner

    Multiple renewable energy options in all CARICOM Member States – Dr. Devon Gardner

    Multiple renewable energy options exist in all Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States in all of them, the obvious one being solar. All are medium to high in terms of solar energy potential, Dr. Devon Gardner, Energy Programme Manager at the CARICOM Secretariat, revealed. In varying degrees, Member States also have geo-thermal, hydro, and wind sources of energy, Dr. Gardner said.…

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  • Urgency Required on Alternative Energy

    The Caribbean needs to embrace a transition to 100 per cent adoption of Renewable Energy as if its very life depends on it. This was the general view from a panel discussion on alternative energy which formed part of the programme on Wednesday of Caribbean Exporters’ Colloquium 2014, organised by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and funded by…

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