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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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PM Breaks Ground for First Solar Energy Power Plant in Jamaica
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Thursday (July 9) broke ground for the development of the first utility-scale solar energy power plant in Jamaica, which upon completion will be the largest and most sophisticated solar electricity facility in the Caribbean. Spanning some 160 acres of land in Content Village, York Town, Clarendon, the Content Solar Project being implemented by WRB…
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Final Declaration issued by the Meeting of The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba and of the Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 17 September 2010, Havana, Cuba
THE Barbados-based CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) has approved an additional EC$2,025,000/US$750,000 loan for the new Argyle International Airport (AIA) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The funding will be used to purchase equipment to establish a 218 kVa solar energy farm that will reduce electricity costs at the multi-million dollar facility. CDF’s CEO, Ambassador Lorne McDonnough, explained that this pilot renewable energy project will provide approximately 35…
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