CEOs and energy leaders from Caribbean utilities recently met for the CARILEC Chief Executive Officers and Leadership Conference.
Tag: infrastructure
Three tactics for climate-resilient energy financing in the Caribbean
Across the Caribbean, three innovative finance approaches may play a role in rebuilding infrastructure to be more efficient and resilient by embracing clean energy technologies.
Puerto Rico eyes up utility-scale PV projects totalling over 280 MW
Puerto Rico is pursuing large-scale solar as a part of its reconstruction of its energy infrastructure.
Haiti receives $150 million to electrify the whole country
This loan is intended to invest in the energy sector, particularly in the construction of micro-grids and prioritizing renewable technologies.
New technologies supporting RE deployment in the Caribbean
Climate change is a profoundly unpredictable process which makes it difficult for weather models to correctly identify which renewable energy infrastructure should be built where. Some technologies are hoping to change that.
Snapshot of energy storage in Latin America and the Caribbean
Energy storage will play key a role in the energy transformation. The extent of the growth of battery storage will depend on both the extent of the decrease in battery storage costs and the development of regulatory regimes that reward the services that storage is capable of providing.
Rewiring Puerto Rico
In order to understand Puerto Rico’s process of rewiring, one must also understand its complex history of privatized utilities.
CDB to provide $16 million to aid restoration of electricity in Dominica
The Caribbean Development Bank has announced that it will provide USD$16 million in funding to DOMLEC to assist with the restoration of electricity generation services.
Caribbean leaders to create world’s first “climate-smart zone”
Recent hurricanes have left unprecedented devastation across the Caribbean and it is a traumatic time for all those who live in the region. Whole communities and towns have been decimated, and the global community needs to act quickly and give…
PVs withstand hurricanes better than many buildings
Photovoltaics systems withstood the hurricane in the Caribbean better than many buildings. Now they are an important element in rebuilding the infrastructure. When hurricane Maria made landfall on the southeast coast of Puerto Rico on 20th September, the Humacao solar…
What It Will Take to Rebuild the Caribbean With Clean Energy
The devastating impacts of Hurricane Irma and Maria on energy systems in Puerto Rico and elsewhere in the Caribbean highlight an energy security problem that has been lurking for decades. Massive damage to centralized grids will mean that many of…
Phase II of PSSEP Begins in Barbados
The Freundel Stuart administration has entered another phase of its Public Sector Smart Energy Programme (PSSEP) in Barbados, hoping to save the country between $32 million and $42 million over the next 20 to 25 years on its electricity bill.…
Research into Bottom-up Approaches to Assess Large Public Investments
The question of how scaling up public investment could affect fiscal and debt sustainability is key for numerous countries needing to fill infrastructure gaps and build resilience. A new paper by the IMF, proposes a bottom-up approach to assess large…
Caribbean Nations Turn to Renewable Energy
The Caribbean faces several challenges to its energy sector, which harm the region’s people and potential for economic growth. The Caribbean power generation sector receives 87 percent of its energy production from imported fossil fuels, despite the availability of solar,…
Sint Eustatius’ Battery Storage System Exceeds Expectations
SMA Sunbelt's battery storage system exceeds performance forecasts in first year of operation. In March 2016, SMA Sunbelt commissioned the 1.89 MW solar PV and 1 MW/572 kWh Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) battery energy storage system in Sint Eustatius. The objective…
Bahamas launches solarization programme
The Government of The Bahamas’ intention to launch “an ambitious, solarization programme” in The Bahamas over the next five years is expected to result in numerous benefits for The Bahamas as a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) as well as…
