Sustainable Energy & Development News June 2014

Sustainable Energy & Development News VOL.1 JUNE 2014

THE MONTHLY REVIEW OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & DEVELOPMENT NEWS IN THE CARIBBEAN FROM THE REGION”S LEADING INFORMATION PLATFORMS

This publication is prepared by the Caribbean Energy Information System

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World Oceans Day Occasion for Beach Clean Up on Grand Bahama Under the theme “Together we have the power to protect the ocean” EARTHCARE volunteers cleaned the beach at Williams Town on Sunday, June 8th to celebrate World Oceans Day. Read more Caribbean Needs $30 Billion of Investment to Cut Fossil-Fuel Use The Caribbean needs to lure as much as $30 billion of investment to cut reliance on fossil fuel and expand renewable energy, partly by securing attractive payments for generators of clean power, a regional development bank said.

Read more Grand Palladium Resort Unveils Largest Solar PV Plant In Jamaica Operators of the Grand Palladium Resort and Spa in Hanover says that the facility set to save over J$80 million in energy cost per year from the installation of a solar PhotoVoltaic (PV) power plant.

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Geothermal Congress for the LAC Region 2014 (GEOLAC 2014) July 16 -17, 2014 San Jose, Costa Rica Energy Caribbean Conference 2014 October 1 - 2, 2014 The Hilton, Trinidad Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum - CREF 2014 October 6-8, 2014 Miami, USA Renewable Energy Latin America & Caribbean Conference & Expo (RELACCX) November 20-21, 2014 Puerto Rico

30-6-2014 || 15 Schools To Benefit From PCJ’s $62-M Solar Project Fifteen schools and three Government agencies should soon see considerable reductions in their energy bills as the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) will be installing Solar PV Systems at public sector buildings at a cost of more than $62 million. Read more 30-6-2014 || Haiti – Technology : Towards The Development Of Renewable Energy Within the framework of Project of reconstruction of infrastructure and access to energy, the World Bank and Electricité de France (EDF), organized in partnership with the regional community, a 3-days visit for a Haitian delegation ... Read more 26-6-2014 || New 34 MW Wind Farm Signs Supply Deal With JPS Having signed a 20-year power supply deal with Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) today (June 24), BMR Energy plans to start construction of its US$90-million, 34 megawatt (MW) wind farm by year end. Read more 25-6-2014 || Govt Plans Expansion of Wigton Wind Farm The Government is to undertake an expansion of the Wigton Windfarm in Rose Hill, Manchester, which is projected to reduce the importation of oil by some 37,100 barrels and save approximately J$400 million. Read more 20-6-2014 || Cuba Builds Seven Photovoltaic Parks Seven photovoltaic plants are under construction in Cuba as part of the national development agenda towards energy saving, Aleisly Valdés Viera, director of Energy Generation with Renewable Sources in the Electrical Union (UNE by its Spanish acronym), announced. Read more 20-6-2014 || Texaco Jamaica Lauded For Energy Project Texaco Jamaica has been commended by the Government for its initiative to retrofit all its service stations with renewable energy. Read more 18-6-2014 || Grenada To Power Reverse Osmosis Plants With Solar Energy Grenada is constructing solar power plants to generate electricity for a pair of new planned reverse osmosis plants on the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Read more

REPORTS World Energy Scenarios: Composing Energy Futures To 2050 Sustainable Energy and its Use Challenges to Renewable Energy in the Caribbean Jamaica Sustainable Energy Roadmap: Pathways To An Affordable, Reliable, Low-Emission Electricity System Climatescope 2014 : New Frontiers for Low-Carbon Energy Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

DOCUMENTS National Energy Plan - Final Draft Commonwealth of Dominica Sustainable Energy Plan - Final Draft - Commonwealth of Dominica Jamaica Public Service Company Limited Standard Offer Contract for the Purchase of As-Available Intermittent Energy from Renewable Energy Facilities up to 100kW - May 2012 JPS Amended and Restated All-Island Electric Licence 2011

18-6-2014 || Luxury Resort Calabash Grenada Announces its 2014 Multi-Million Dollar Upgrade Project Calabash Grenada will be closing during August and September to extensively upgrade the resort. Read more 17-6-2014 || Looking Toward Green Future, St Lucia Hosts Energy Forum Earlier this year, St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony announced a push for the country to generate 35 percent of its annual energy needs from green energy by 2020. To move forward on that front, St Lucia is holding an Energy Donors Conference ... Read more 16-6-2014 || GEA Touts Solar Powered Street Lights The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) is exploring the opportunities for using solar energy as an alternative to conventional street lighting powered by electricity from the public utility, Guyana Power and Light (GPL). Read more 16-6-2014 || ‘Greener Bahamas From Oil Revenue’ “Nonsensical” was the way Bahamas Petroleum Company CEO Simon Potter dismissed the idea of using fossil fuel to provide energy for the Family Islands. Rather, he said, the potential oil revenues could fund a “greening” of the Bahamian economy. Read more 13-6-2014 || T&T to Harness Wind Energy Wind is the renewable energy source getting active consideration as Government moves toward lower carbon options for electricity generation. Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine said a Wind Resource Assessment Programme is soon to be launched across the country.

Read more 12-6-2014 || Sun Harvest It’s been some time coming but we are certainly happy that a concerted effort is on the way to harness the rays of the sun, with the view of lessening our dependence on fossil fuels. Read more 11-6-2014 || PUC Reads Bids From 22 Interested Companies For More Power Supply Belize’s energy demand is growing, and within just a few years, incountry supplies will be strained if new sources of power are not added to the national grid. Read more 11-6-2014 || Wind Energy Proposal on the Table, Again The use of wind energy to power homes and businesses in Antigua & Barbuda is once again being proposed, this time by a US-based company which says its has presented an offer to the government. C-Net/Clayco, is proposing a two-phase project over the next four years. Read more 9-6-2014 || Can Jamaica Lead the Caribbean in Renewable Energy?

Can Jamaica lead the Caribbean in the development of green energy?

Jamaica Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell says that it can, predicting that, by the middle of next year, Jamaica will be the leading country in the region in the gross production of renewable energy. Read more 9-6-2014 || ATL Saves Big With Solar Since it installed solar equipment on the roofs of its newest showrooms at Oxford Road, St Andrew, in the latter half of last year, ATL Automotive has seen its monthly electricity bills decrease by more than half.

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9-6-2014 || Aruba and Its Promise of Being a Sustainable Tourist Destination Aruba wants to make itself the main island of the Caribbean, and to do this, the task of achieving sustainability has been taking the lead. By 2020, they will have the challenge of powering the island with 100% clean energy. Read more 6-6-2014 || UN Showcases SIDS’ Sustainable Energy Partnerships on World Environment Day UN Headquarters observed World Environment Day 2014 with an event showcasing ‘Sustainable Energy Partnerships and small island developing States (SIDS).’ Participants at the event called for partnerships and investments in energy. Read more 6-6-2014 || Biogas Digester Hailed as Alternative Energy Model Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy yesterday hailed the installation of a biogas digester in the compound of his Ministry as a small example of an alternative energy model which can serve to bring about a substantial reduction in the use of fossil fuels and the pollution of dangerous emissions. Read more 6-6-2014 || Growing Interest: More Barbadians Installing Photovoltaic Systems Chief Energy Conversation Officer in the Ministry of Energy, William Hinds says there has been a growing interest by locals in installing photovoltaic systems. Read more 5-6-2014 || Flexible LED Studio Lighting That Can Be Rolled Up Like A Blanket Short of solving world hunger, there doesn’t seem to be much LEDs aren’t good at. They’re a far superior alternative to incandescent and even fluorescent lights, and given they’re so small and indestructible, they can be used in incredibly unique lighting products like these flexible, roll-up studio lights. Read more 4-6-2014 || Solar Power Risk – JPS Cautions That Alternative Energy Drive May Push Electricity Prices Higher With renewables expected to account for 20 per cent of the country’s energy mix by 2018, John Kistle, senior vice-president for generation at the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), is worried that this could cause some Jamaicans to pay more for electricity. Read more 2-6-2014 || CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa is Soaking Up the Sun nguilla’s prestigious 5-star CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa has just unveiled its latest impressive project, a solar field spanning four acres and containing 3,500 Canadian Solar 300W PV panels. Read more 2-6-2014 || Grid-Connected Solar Installation on Turks and Caicos Urban Green Energy (UGE), a specialist in distributed renewable energy, announced today that it has completed the first commercial-scale solar energy project on the Turks and Caicos Islands, in partnership with local company Urban Green Environmental. Read more 2-6-2014 || Jamaica Looks to Make Hotels Greener Jamaica is targeting the installation of green energy solution in the country’s hotel stock, according to Energy Minister Philip Paulwell.

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30-6-2014 || FosRich Lifestyle Opens in Mandeville Twenty years ago, FosRich Electrical came into being with two employees at its Kingston-based head office. Over time, it has expanded and now has lighting and energy divisions, with 105 team members in four locations.

Read more 27-6-2014 || Tourism Ministry to Undertake $34 million ‘Clean Coasts Project’ Tourism and Entertainment Minister Wykeham McNeill says the ministry will be strengthening its partnership with the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) through a $34-million environmental awareness initiative called the ‘Clean Coasts Project’. Read more 26-6-2014 || Over-fishing for Conservation in the Cayman Islands Comfort Suites Grand Cayman, which is franchised by Choice Hotels International, Inc., one of the world’s leading hotel companies, is working to help preserve the Cayman Islands waters of invasive marine life.

Ridding the Cayman Islands waters of a voracious foreign fish species is one of the initiatives embraced by the resort, which is working closely with a local dive company. Read more 24-4-2014 || Lion Fish Contest Helps in Goal to Clear Reefs The #11 Rackam and Stack’em tournament the second lionfish hunt organized this year by CULL (Cayman United Lionfish League) saw 594 lionfish removed from the reefs which combined to a total weight of over 230lbs. Read more 23-6-2014 || $500 000 Grant to Develop Export Market Local company Caribbean LED Lighting has successfully won a bid to further develop its business and increase its export markets through $500,000 in Compete Caribbean technical assistance. Read more

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18-6-2014 ||SRC to Treat Hospital Waste SELECTED health care facilities across the island are to benefit from biodigester septic tanks that have been developed and patented by scientists at the Scientific Research Council (SRC). Read more 16-6-2014 || Barbados and Slovakia Discuss Green Energy Discussions on investment in renewable energy and tourism featured prominently when the Ambassador of the Slovak Republic, Ladislav Straka, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Freundel Stuart recently at Government Headquarters. Read more 13-6-2014|| Environmental Awareness of Coastal Ecosystems Promoted in Cuba Specialists are working to reduce the effects of climate change on Cuban coastal areas by increasing the culture of environmental awareness in communities and educational institutions, an official said today.

Read more 12-6-2014 || In Canada’s North End, it Takes ‘a Child to Raise a Village’ The Adage ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ has been quoted extensively across the globe to reinforce the duty entire communities have in moulding the lives of their young residents to become responsible adults.

Read more 12-6-2014 || Govt, IDB to Stage Climate Investment Forum in MoBay The Government of Jamaica (GoJ) in collaboration with the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) will host a Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum in Montego Bay later this month. Read more 10-6-2014 || El Niño 70% Likely to Arrive in Summer, Says US Weather Forecaster The chances of an El Niño, the global climate phenomenon that can destroy crops in Asia and offer a relief from harsh winters in North America, were raised to 70% on Thursday. But scientists said the coming El Niño was likely to be of only moderate strength. Read more 9-6-2014 ||A Strong Manufacturing Sector Will Never Be Realised Without Cheap Energy Guyana’s premier trade fair and exhibition, GUYEXPO was officially launched this evening by President Donald Ramotar at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Liliendaal under the theme, “Transformation: Partnering for a Better Guyana”. Read more 8-6-2014 || Under-Ground Water Toxification–The Biggest Threat For Human Life: Cautions UN IDB-WED Observance A thrilling report by Dr. Aurangzeb Hafi on UN Biodiversity & Environment Observance warns about hydro-toxication of sub-soil water reserves polluted by sewage system. Read more 4-6-2014 || Green Globe Launches New International Standard for Sustainable Tourism Green Globe Certification is proud to announce the launch of its new International Standard for Sustainable Tourism V1.7. Read more 2-6-2014 ||Caribbean Island Finds Silver Lining in Climate Change Discussion You may not imagine that a tiny country with a population of just 270,000 would be the venue for a global discussion on climate change.

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