Sustainable Energy & Development News
VOL.1 SEPTEMBER 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... Govt’s Plan For Geothermal Energy Draws Concerns The government of Antigua & Barbuda’s newly announced intentions to pursue geothermal energy in Antigua has caught the attention of a prominent regional ... Read more JWN Invests US$1.2M In Treatment System For Appleton Estate Operator of Appleton Estate, J Wray & Nephew (JWN), says it has invested upwards of US$1.2 million in the implementation of a closed-loop sugar cane wash water ... Read more
Caribbean Region To See Increased Drought, UN Says The Caribbean region includes seven of the world’s 36 water-stressed countries in the world. A UN report found that the region is expected to see an increase in Read more
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CARILEC Renewable Energy Conference September 11- 15, 2016 St. Kitts The Fourth Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) Annual Meeting And The First Meeting of The Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI) Council September 19-23 Castries, St. Lucia Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) 2016 October 17-19, 2016 Location: Intercontinental, Miami, Florida, USA Renewable Energy World International December 13-15, 2016 Orlando FL, USA
28-09-2016 || Saint Lucia Government Embraces Solar Small island developing states (SIDS) are some of the most susceptible to the effects of climate change. Accordingly, they have taken strong initiative to scale back emissions and embrace renewable energy. Guadeloupe, Haiti, and Saint Martin have committed to sourcing at least 50% of their national energy consumption from renewables before 2030. Aruba and Grenada have both pledged 100% by 2020 and 2030, respectively. Costa Rica (not an island itself, but with many similar features to ... Read more 28-09-2016 || OPM Sees 34% Decline In Electricity Use With Conservation Programme Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) — The Government’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme (EECP) has enabled a number of State entities to effect essential operational changes in order to conserve energy. The programme’s objective, which aims to change their approach to energy consumption, has been evident in several ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) that have adopted effective conservation practices ... Read more 27-09-2016 || China and Cuba Sign Nearly 30 Deals, Including On Green Energy At the weekend, China and Cuba signed nearly 30 agreements to boost economic ties between the two countries, including a range of deals on green energy. The deals were signed as Chinese prime minister Li Keqiang met with Cuban president Raul Castro during Li’s short trip to the communist Caribbean island nation. While Li is the first Chinese premier to visit Cuba in over 50 years, the event is part of ongoing high-level negotiations between the two countries that have been going on for some time. Read more 27-09-2016 || Winds of Change Slow To Reach Caribbean’s Renewable Energy Landscape For an area of the world known for its bright sunshine and breezes, the Caribbean produces surprisingly little renewable energy. Expensive imported diesel or fuel oil is used to generate most or all of the electricity on many islands — despite the abundance of sun and wind throughout the region. A trio of Haskayne School of Business researchers wanted to know why, because renewable technology in the... 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
27-09-2016 || Caribbean Islands Receive Training On ClimateFriendly Cooling Over 50 policymakers and financial and private sector representatives from 15 Caribbean islands came together in St Kitts & Nevis from 1215 September to receive training on energy-efficient and climate-friendly practices in the cooling sector. The first of two workshops focused on developing Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) for the refrigeration, air-conditioning and foam sectors (RAC&F). Read more 22-09-2016 || Solar Energy And Antigua & Barbuda Crude oil was first pumped from the ground in Sichuan, China, 2,500 years ago. Since then, we have progressively built an addiction to oil for transportation, energy and manufacturing (plastics, etc) amongst other uses. While the price of oil has subsided from its peak of near or just over US $100 per barrel in 2006, it has again squeezed past US $80 per barrel and continues to rise. It has become imperative that ... Read more 22-09-2016 || Island Nations’ Leading Role In Renewable Energy Island communities are innovative and can make the most of scarce resources while having a global impact. Many people don’t yet realise that renewables are winning against fossil fuels. Coal, oil and natural gas are on the way out and their decline is irreversible, write Nasheed and Kennedy. In November, government representatives all across the world meet again to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change. The centre of contention will now shift from political jockeying between nations, to the energy war between renewables ... Read more 22-09-2016 || Official Launch Of Government House 5.5kW Solar Energy System Takes Place Friday Press Release – Government House located at Morne Fortune is being fitted with a solar photovoltaic (PV) system through the generosity of Solar Head of State. This system will allow Government House to partially operate on renewable energy, saving the country hundreds of dollars in electricity costs per month. Solar Heads of State is a non-profit association formed by a team of solar energy social entrepreneurs from around the world. They aim to create an aspirational solar leadership club that inspires ... Read more 19-09-2016||Renewable Energy Project Improving Lives Of St Bess Residents When Blue Mountain Renewables (BMR) began operating its 36-megawatt wind farm in Potsdam, St Elizabeth, a few months ago, the facility became Jamaica’s largest private-sector renewable energy project. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology Dr Andrew Wheatley, who gave the keynote address at the official opening on August 11, pointed out that the wind farm would help to diversify the country’s energy matrix and ease the dependence on imported fossil fuels. “The wind farm is ... Read more 15-09-2016 || NWC Signs Grant Agreement For Energy Efficiency Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- The National Water Commission (NWC) has signed a US$1-million grant agreement with the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to help fund a one-year energy efficiency and renewable energy project. The objective of the initiative is to improve energy efficiency at the NWC’s operations. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Dr Horace Chang; NWC Chairman, Senator Aubyn Hill; and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director, Maura Barry ... Read more
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14-09-2016 || Clean Energy Entrepreneurs Trained at Boot Camps Some 163 clean energy entrepreneurs have been trained at three boot camps hosted by the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC). The programme, which offers mentorship and guidance to entrepreneurs in the field of clean energy, is now inviting more companies to be a part of their upcoming boot camp in Antigua and Barbuda from September 27 to 29. The deadline for the applications is September 20. Organisations that qualify for the programme must be involved in areas of ... Read more 14-09-2016 || Ministry of Energy, Science & Technology And Public Utilities Strategic Plan 2012-2017 Launch The European Union-Caribbean Sustainable Energy Conference will be held 10-11 October, 2016, in Barbados at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Conference Centre. The conference is a joint EU-CARIFORUM initiative, designed to enable Caribbean countries and territories to work with the EU and other development partners towards achieving their ambitious renewable energy goals and targets. This two-day event will bring together 200 participants, including high-level representatives from the EU, Caribbean countries, international donors and financial institutions ... Read more 06-09-2016 || Anna Regina To Benefit From Renewable Energy Anna Regina Township is set to benefit from a cost-effective and ecofriendly generating system to replace the age old one distributing electricity in the area. In a recent interview with the Government Information Agency (GINA), Acting Chief Executive Officer, Guyana Power and Light, Renford Homer, said that the Region Two town is currently receiving electricity from engines that are more than 20 years old. To correct this, tenders are out for smaller engines. The town will also benefit from renewable energy, shortly. “That would see the use of ... Read more 02-09-2016 || Deltro Solar Coming To Barbados The Alternative Energy sector of Barbados will be boosted, thanks to the development of Deltro Solar, a 20 megawatt solar farm to be constructed on 70 acres of land at the corner of the ABC Highway and Waterford Plantation. By November, the Deltro Group also plans to establish a photovoltaic solar panel manufacturing company, where the panels for the farm will be made. Chief financial officer of the Deltro Group, Dean Del Mastro, said the island’s renewable energy sector had the largest room for growth, with the potential of generating hundreds of millions of dollars for ... Read more 01-09-2016 || How Solar Works Guyana has launched a new energy project that will provide solar energy to some of its rural communities. The Sustainable Business Models for Rural Electrification and Energy Access project will provide solar home systems to more than 6,000 families across the 25 hinterland communities. The project was launched by Guyana’s Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s Hinterland Electrification Unit, and is a joint effort ... Read more 01-09-2016 || Breaking Down Barriers To Renewable Energy Development In The Caribbean Most Caribbean islands began generating electricity for municipal use around the 1930s through the establishment of public utility companies. But it wasn’t until the U.S. military began occupying several islands prior to WWII for strategic purposes, and constructing self-contained naval bases with state-of-the-art diesel generators, that ... Read more
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29-09-2016 || Countries In Latin American And Caribbean Region Leading Climate Action Latam-Caribbean Carbon Forum Countries in Latin American and the Caribbean region are among the most ambitious in terms of combating climate change and are increasingly making use of markets in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to green their economies. This was the key conclusion of the three-day Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum in Panama which is wrapping up today, attended by around 700 government delegates and private sector experts from 47 countries. According to the World ... Read more 28-09-2016 || UPDATE: All Clear Given For Barbados After Passage Of Tropical Storm Matthew Storm warning discontinued for Barbados. The Department of Emergency Management has issued the all clear for Barbados. Effective 10 p.m. the Barbados Meteorological Services has discontinued the Tropical Storm Warning for Barbados. The DEM has advised that the all-clear will not be given tonight. DEM Director Kerry Hinds noted that they do not usually give the all-clear at night to avoid persons moving around in low visibility. All schools and businesses are to remain closed tomorrow, ... Read more 26-09-2016 || September 2016 Climate Finance Update: Readiness And Access Get a Boost, Stranded Assets Get under The Spotlight During the month of September, climate finance was highlighted at the highest level, during the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit and the General Debate of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 71). Readiness and access support received a major boost through the establishment of two major initiatives, underpinned by millions of US$ in funding. The UNFCCC released several reports in the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech. Studies by an investor coalition ... Read more
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22-09-2016 || International Clean-up Day Working In The West Project manager at the Rotary Club of Lucea Mervin Spence says it appears that residents of Lucea and its environs are becoming more conscious about the need for a clean environment. “People are getting more educated about garbage and, speaking to the community, they are more passionate about keeping the community clean because they realise the health ... Read more 22-09-2016 || No Ordinary Summer for Westmoreland Youth More than 40 young people were treated to a fun-filled summer of interactive and educational activities as the stage was set for them to become stewards of the environment. It was all made possible through a summer camp programme funded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund and ... Read more 19-09-2016 ||Climate-Smart Agriculture Symposium Sets Stage for Increased Investments The need for increased investments in agriculture was the consensus shared among agriculture stakeholders and climate-change interests at the second staging of the Climate-Smart Agriculture Symposium, held from September 13-14 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, St Andrew, under ... Read more 17-09-2016 ||St Vincent Seeking ‘Ambitious’ Seat On UN Security Council New York, United States (CMC) – St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says his country is still pursuing its “ambitious” bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. “It’s still on the agenda, and we’re pursuing it, ”Gonsalves told the ... Read more 15-09-2016 || US$8-M Grant To Make Belize Energy Sector More Climate-resilient Washington, USA (CMC) — Belize will strengthen the climate resilience of its energy sector as a result of a US$8-million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The funds were approved Tuesday by the World Bank Board of Directors. “A major concern we often ... Read more 13-09-2016 || Caribbean Leaders To Convene Here For Ground Breaking Conservation Meetings Press Release – Next week, Caribbean leaders from up to 15 nations, including Ministers and other government officials, private sector and civil society, will convene in Saint Lucia for a five-day event to advance regional marine conservation goals, sustainable finance strategies and ... Read more 05-08-2016 || Woman In Charge - Climate Change Division Gets Female Head From getting acquainted with how government does business to informing and reassuring partners and planning for the Marrakesh negotiations next month, it’s been a whirlwind of activities for the new captain at the helm of the Climate Change Division. The first order of business ... Read more 01-09-2016 || State Of Marine Environment Report Coming For The Caribbean The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is working to develop the Caribbean’s first State of the Marine Environment Report, which should inform the response to pollution that threatens to devastate ... Read more 01-09-2016 || Jamaica Readies For 2016 Climate Talks Jamaica has begun preparations to participate in this year’s international climate talks set for Marrakesh in November, having earlier inked the historic Paris Agreement, which emerged from last year’s negotiations, held in France. “I know the Government intends to be represented as usual, so discussions have started on the complement of the team to go ... Read more
The Renewable Energy Conference, & Exhibition will offer tremendous opportunity for networking between presenters, consultants, practitioners and professionals in the field. It will provide a platform for energy leaders and experts to exchange views on, and identify solutions to, emerging regional and global issues related to energy policies, programmes, technologies and investment & financing opportunities. The event attracts electric utilities, financiers, researchers, energy leaders, officials, project managers and energy experts from the government and private sector, international organizations and academia. The conference sessions will focus on a number of key topics from Island Interconnection, Project Financing, smart grid development, energy storage and more on September 12th & 13th. Post training has been scheduled on September 14 & 15th, focusing onGrid Integration & Integrated Resource Planning Tools and a one day Geothermal Seminar respectively. Expectations have been growing worldwide for renewable energy technologies as a solution for energy and global environment issues. According to some long-term projections, renewable energy may satisfy half of the world’s energy needs by 2050. This would put renewable energy on the same level of importance as conventional energy. Caribbean utilities accept this challenge and respond to these ambitious targets by seeking ways to sustainably include renewable energy sources on their grid. This process involves changes to the traditional utility business model and in recent times many Caribbean utilities are making that shift. The conference will also touch on: 1. what is the optimal energy mix for the region 2. what are the best and most sustainable energy polices for the region 3. what business models will ensure energy security to fuel development 4. what are the viable renewable energy resources in the region 5. what financing avenues are available for small Island Developing States (SIDS)
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