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Sustainable Energy & Development News

VOL.1 APRIL 2016

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

What’s Happening Across The Region...

IDB Group Sets Goal to Increase Financing For Climate Change A Washington , United States – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) – the IDB Group – have agreed to aim to ...

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Global Renewable Energy Capacity Grew At Record Speed In 2015 Renewable power generation capacity grew by 152 GW in 2015, which, at 8.3%, is the highest increase ever recorded, predominately driven by huge capacity ...

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First Wind-Solar Hybrid Streetlight Installed In Caribbean The very first renewable hybrid streetlight is to be installed in the Caribbean island country of Grenada by Irish company airsynergy’s wind and solar powered off ...

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Iceland Geothermal Conference (IGC2016) April 26 - 29, 2016 Harpa Conference Centre, Reykjavík FUTURE ENERGY FORUM (FEF) May 11, 2016 Paris SOLAR POWER SOUTHEAST May 25-26, 2016 Atlanta, Georgia, Omni Atlanta Hotel CNN Center Grand Ballroom North Tower Solar...

2nd Suriname International Mining, Energy & Petroleum Conference & Exhibition (SURIMEP) June 14-16, 2016 Paramaribo, Suriname

27-04-2016 || Cuba to Increase Electric Power Generation by 2030 Montevideo, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) A change in the electric power matrix will allow Cuba to increase its own energy production from 4 to 24 percent of the total by 2030, said an expert from the Cuban Energy and Mining Ministry on Wednesday. Ramsés Montes, the Ministry director, in an interview with Prensa Latina, said that this transformation will be possible due to an increase in the use of renewable energy, which together with previous Cuban energy sources will ensure ... Read more 25-04-2016 || St Kitts Geothermal Exploration Fndings To Be Released Soon Basseterre, St Kitts (WINN) -- The findings of the geothermal exploration in St Kitts are expected to be revealed in the very near future, says energy minister Ian Liburd. Guadeloupe-based engineering company Teranov began feasibility studies in St Kitts in November 2015. “As we speak, the findings of the geophysicist, the geochemist and the geologist are being evaluated at the University of France in Paris ... Read more 25-04-2016 || Abundant Renewable Energy Resources ‘Untapped’ The Turks and Caicos Islands has one of the highest reported greenhouse gas emissions in the Caribbean due to its reliance on fossil fuels. Almost all of its abundant renewable energy resources, such as solar and wind power, remain untapped. This is according to a report prepared by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a national laboratory of the US Department of Energy which leverages the experiences of islands, states, and cities that have established a longterm vision for energy transformation to achieve clean ... Read more 25-04-2016 ||Caribbean Islands Taking Steps To Shift From Diesel To Solar The inauguration of the 3-MWp sun2live solar power plant at the V.C. Bird International Airport of Antigua represented the conclusion of the first major step of a successful shift from a diesel to a solar-based energy supply in the Caribbean. With the installation of further sun2live and sun2roof solar power generating and storage solutions across Antigua and Barbuda, this process is continuing .... Read more

REPORTS Study on the Development of the Renewable Energy Market in Latin America and the Caribbean Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap (C-SERMS) Phase 1 Summary and Recommendations for Policymakers Energy Security in the Caribbean : Unique Challenges Perspective Paper February 2015

DOCUMENTS National Energy Plan - Final Draft Commonwealth of Dominica

Power Systems of the Future A 21stCentury Power Partnership Thought Leadership Report

UNIVERSAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Understanding the Transformational Challenge for Developed Countries

Millennium Development Goal 8 Taking Stock of the Global Partnership for Development

22-04-2016 || DNA Leader Raises Concerns Over Landfill Developments Democratic National Alliance (DNA) leader Branville McCartney has raised concerns with operations at the Department of Environmental Health Services (DEHS), suggesting that “political corruption” had “stymied” proposed landfill developments around the country.

Mr McCartney criticised the Christie administration over the “millions wasted” on failed waste management ... Read more 22-04- 2016 || Agree On One Renewable Plan Since German University Professor Olav Hohmeyer introduced the idea of a 100 per cent renewable energy plan for Barbados there has been lots of interest in a significant increase of penetration in renewable energy for the island. There are now two other proposals for a 100 per cent renewable Barbados with diverging views on how to accomplish this, one from Emera Caribbean and one from Viking ... Read more 20-04-2016 ||Supergreen Solutions: Solar Investment Buys Lower Electricity Bills In my experience, Bahamians are becoming increasingly interested in solar power. However, many are unsure whether they can afford it. The good news is that solar systems are more affordable than ever before.

They can now be scaled to match your budget, and they can power part or all of your electricity needs. This allows you to go as big or small as you like. The question is: What if you can actually can afford solar now, but just do not know it? Perhaps the best way to ... Read more 19-04-2016 || NRG Partners with DigitalKap to Bring Solar Power to Haitian Non-Profits, GHESKIO and SOIL Princeton, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NRG Energy, Inc.’s (NYSE:NRG) philanthropy program - NRG Global Giving - joined forces with Haitian solar company DigitalKap to unveil two newly installed rooftop solar arrays at Haitian non-profits Les Centres GHESKIO (GHESKIO) in Port au Prince and Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) in Cap-Haïtien. Both organizations received systems that total 20kW. The respective systems, made up of nearly 120 photovoltaic panels, will generate 100% of the electricity usage for SOIL’s ... Read more 15-04-2016|| Grenada Renewable Energy Project Targets Rural Households St. George’s Grenada (CMC) — Grenada will today launch a renewable energy for rural development project aimed at reducing energy cost for nationals and reducing the carbon footprint through the use of lowemission systems. Funded by the Republic of Korea, the ‘pilot project’ is intended to help to improve the livelihood and quality of life of vulnerable people and enterprises in rural communities through the use of renewable and energy-efficient systems. A government statement said ... Read more 11-04-2016 || LUCELEC Set To Meet With Proposed Geothermal Developer To Utilize Geothermal Energy In St. Lucia The recently completed surface exploration studies, designed to better understand the geothermal resource conditions, suggest that the resource exists outside of the Sulphur Springs area and outside of the Piton Management Area (PMA). This is good news as earlier concerns about threats to the integrity of the PMA by this project will now be precluded.

The final technical report on these surface exploration activities will be discussed at a series of high level geothermal meetings from ... Read more

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11-04-2016 ||Engineers Welcome Net Zero Energy Building Model Jamaican engineers are keen to see how net zero energy (NZE) construction, which contribute less greenhouse gases than non-NZE buildings, can help Jamaica reduce energy consumption and reliance on the public energy grid. At a seminar hosted by Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE) late last month, which featured a presentation by The University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Net Zero Energy Building Project, the parties noted the potential for a shift in Jamaica’s building practices since the ... Read more 11-04-2016 || Energy Storage Company Elecyr Appoints Michael Kelly As President Of Jamaica Manufacturing Subsidiary News Americas Now, DOVER NEW HAMPSHIRE, April 11, 2016: Elecyr Corporation has announced the appointment of Michael Kelly as President of Elecyr Carib Ltd. in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The new subsidiary will manufacture Elecyr’s patent-pending energy storage systems for sale in Latin America and Europe. Elecyr’s CEO Bill Southworth explains that, “As one of the most important container ports in the Americas and with an educated workforce that ideally suits our manufacturing, Jamaica was the logical choice ... Read more 08-04-2016 ||Electricity Net Billing Resumes April 11 — Energy Ministry Kingston, Jamaica – Customers of Jamaica Public Service (JPS) will again be able to apply for licences to sell their excess electricity generated from renewable energy sources to the grid as of April 11, 2016. Minister of Science Energy & Technology (MSET) Dr Andrew Wheatley today announced that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) will resume accepting applications on behalf of the ministry for net billing under similar terms as the previously-concluded net ... Read more 07-04-2016 || Banking On Renewable Energy The Fair Tradind Commission (FTC) hosted its 12th annual lecture and the presenter was Dr Warren Smith who spoke on Regulating Utilities In Small Island Developing States – Lessons For The Caribbean. He is a very accomplished professional and is currently the president of the Caribbean Development Bank. In his presentation he approached it from the perspective of the regulatory role in the key areas of development for the Caribbean and to no surprise to most of the audience, one of the main areas he spoke about was energy security through the ... Read more 04-04-2016 || CARICOM Pushes Agenda For Renewable Energy Renewable energy objectives set out by Caricom will become the saving grace of members states saddled with high energy cost, says to Niebert Blair, project officer with the Energy Caribbean Community Secretariat. She said benefits of those plans could yield results as early as next year, based in the organisation’s Caribbean Sustainable energy targets for renewable power and energy efficiency... Read more 01-04-2016 || Energy Balance Report Officially Launched In St. Kitts And Nevis Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 01, 2016 (SKNIS): Energy stakeholders from across the region gathered at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort on Thursday, March 31, to dialogue on an important issue with regards to renewable energy and to officially launch the Energy Balance Report (2010-2012) of St. Kitts and Nevis. The Honourable Ian Patches Liburd ... Read more

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BE IN THE KNOW ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE 28-04-2016 ||US$900 Million Available For Climate Change Programmes New Commonwealth secretary general, Baroness Patricia Scotland, is on her way to Belize to spearhead the establishment of a climate change centre to assist Jamaica and other member states affected by climate change. cotland told The Gleaner that she is keen to assist ... Read more

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23-04-2016 || Antigua & Barbuda Walking the Talk on Climate Change Adaptation New York, CNS – Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne said the government he leads fully understands that climate change is a real issue, one of the greatest threats facing humankind and he is mobilising his fellow legislators and residents of the ... Read more 22-04-2016 ||Jamaica Signs Agreement on Climate Change Kingston, Jamaica – Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, joins representatives of over 150 countries who will sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change today, April 22, at a special event convened by UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York. Fittingly, the signing ceremony coincides with the celebration of Earth Day -- a day earmarked annually... Read more 20-04-2016|| UN Chief Seeks Fast-Paced Ratifications for Climate Change Treaty United Nations, IPS – Over 150 countries, including Caribbean nations, are expected to sign the Paris climate change agreement on Friday, but the historic treaty will not come into force until it has been ratified by 55 countries. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has hailed the agreement as “a landmark of international cooperation on one of the world’s ... Read more

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16-04-2016 || Don’t Be A Carbon Copy The primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities is carbon dioxide (CO2) according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Notwithstanding the fact that carbon dioxide is a naturally produced gas, human activities have contributed to an increase in carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere ... Read more 12-04-2016 || Dominica Rattled by Earthquake Roseau, Dominica (CMC) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 rattled Dominica on Tuesday, but there were no reports of injuries or damages.

The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI), said that the quake occurred ... Read more 11-04-2016 || Saint Lucia to Sign and Ratify Paris Climate Change Agreement The Government of Saint Lucia will sign and ratify the Paris Agreement on Climate Change when the Agreement is opened for signature on Friday 22nd April, 2016 during a High Level Ceremony to be hosted by Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at UN Headquarters. Saint Lucia ... Read more 10-04-2016 || The Eerie Truth About Air Pollution Port-of-Spain , Trinidad – Sit for a second and take a deep breath. Inhale and exhale gently. Wasn’t it refreshing? Do you know what’s not refreshing?

The air you just inhaled. The quality of the Earth’s air is in a constant state of depreciation stemming from the burning of waste products, factory emissions and motor vehicle exhaust, to name a few ... Read more 09-04-2016 || Reducing Pollution Rapid urbanization, industrialization and motorization have intensified pollution, especially in developing countries. Vehicle exhaust, untreated wastewater, nitrogen fertilizer runoff, dirty fuel burning, industrial emissions and toxic waste including e-waste cause debilitating and fatal illnesses, destroy ecosystems and create harmful living conditions. ... Read more 08-04-2016|| ATL Promotes Benefits Of Energy-Efficient Alternatives Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) last week launched a discussion series on the benefits of energy-efficient alternatives to businesses and households. The first in the Signature Lecture Series dealt with the topic ‘Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) Air-Conditioning Systems’. The event, held at the Courtyard

by Marriott in New Kingston, saw solid representation ... Read more

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08-04-2016||CARIBBEAN: 5.7 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Parts of Caribbean Caribbean 360 – There have been no initial reports of damage or casualties after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Venezuela, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago this (Thursday) morning. accord-ccording to reports from some Caribbean online news agencies ... Read more 06-04-2016 ||Commonwealth Pledges To Deliver On Paris Climate Change Agreement London– ‘No more excuses on decisive and effective climate action!’ This was the message that rang loud and clear as Commonwealth governments and climate change experts and practitioners met today at ... Read more 04-04-2016||How This Caribbean Country Is Driving Into The Future St. John’s, Antigua – Transportation is something that we all do every day, for a good chunk of the day – commuting to and from work, running errands, visiting friends and family. How our transport systems are designed affects each and every one of us, which is why good transportation options that benefit everyone and meet today and tomorrow’s needs ... Read more

Speakers | Agenda | Register | Sponsorship | Contact Conference Overview Australia’s eastern state of Queensland has made history with the world’s first coal-seam gas (CSG) to LNG exports. With several trains already up and running, the Australian east coast domestic market is now firmly linked to international LNG demand. With an Australian supply wave well under way, and the first US exports expected in coming weeks, what does this mean for Asia-Pacific and global LNG pricing? International market dynamics are changing rapidly as global LNG spot prices have tumbled and trading companies play an increasing role in the market.

This conference provides participants with the latest updates on Asia-Pacific LNG spot pricing and liquidity in a well-supplied market, as well as examining global LNG’s interplay with the Australian east coast domestic gas market. It also consists of a unique site visit to the Santos GLNG Plant and a one-day training course on LNG contracts, examining the latest patterns of contracting and emerging issues that challenge traditional practice as producers and buyers re-evaluate approaches to their LNG contract negotiations Conference Highlights 1.

How is liquidity developing in the LNG market and what impact will the coming supply wave have?

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Exploring the economics of supplying Australian LNG to Asia at current oil prices

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Are Asian buyers over-contracted? Focusing the spotlight on China and Japan

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Evolving trends in long-term LNG contracting in an era of LNG abundance

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US LNG: is it headed for Asia-Pacific or Europe?

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Emerging trends in the LNG spot market

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The impact of Asia-Pacific LNG demand on the Australian east coast domestic gas market: does the

market have the capacity to supply both export and domestic needs, and at what cost?

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How will the east coast gas market evolve into a competitive and efficient marketplace?

For more information, please contact Ashrafe Hanifar: phone icon +65 6496 9966 email icon asiaconferences@argusmedia.com email icon ashrafe.hanifar@argusmedia.com

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