Sustainable Energy & Development News VOL.1 july 2015
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... Caribbean Countries Warned That Inaction On Climate Change Could Cost Them Big Without appropriate and effective action, the adverse effects of climate change could cost Caribbean countries up to three quarters of their gross domestic product (GDP) by 2100. Read more Jamaicans To Participate In US Exchange Programme On Renewable Energy The United States is committed to bringing renewable, reliable, and affordable energy to the Caribbean. Through partnerships with the private sector, the US Government has already invested hundreds of ... Read more Bush Fires Have Destroyed Hundreds of Acres of Forests – Forestry Department Boss With hundreds of acres of forest cover lost since the start of the year due to bush fires, Conservator of Forests, Marilyn Headley, is imploring citizens to desist from lighting fires in and around wooded areas. Read more
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Jamaica Alternative Energy Expo (JAEE) June 29-30, 2015 Jamaica Pegasus Hotel Kingston, Jamaica
30-07-2015 || Ensuring Renewable Energy Goals Become a Reality in the Caribbean The islands of the Caribbean are not only some of the most popular tourist destinations, but they are also economically and ecologically diverse regions with growing energy needs. The strength of each island’s tourism industry, which comprises a large portion of their gross domestic product, is largely supported by the beautiful ecology that attracts visitors to their shores time and time again. However, the power supply ... Read more
Central American Renewables Investment Summit (CAMRIS) July 13 - 14, 2015 Hotel Riu Plaza Panama City,
29-07-2015 || Caribbean Seeks Funding for Renewable Energy Mix Fort-De-France, Martinique, July 21, 2015 (IPS) - A leading geothermal expert warns that the small island states in the Caribbean face “a ticking time bomb” due to the effects of global warming and suggests a shift away from fossil fuels to renewable energy is the only way to defuse it. President of the Ocean Geothermal Energy Foundation Jim Shnell says to solve the problems of global warming and climate change, the world needs a new energy source to replace coal, oil and other carbon-dioxide... Read more
SOLAR 2015 Conference Expanding Horizons: Shaping The New Energy Economy July 28-30, 2015 The Pennsylvania State University USA
28-07-2015 || Stage Set in Cuba for Boom in Renewable Investment; Can U.S. Companies Take Advantage? Cuba’s classic cars are not the only relics from the 1950s on the island; Cuba’s electricity grid, a dirty and inefficient infrastructure suffering under five decades of a U.S. embargo and a state-run economy falls into the antique category as well. With the Obama administration’s recent announcement that Cuba has been removed from the U.S. list of countries sponsoring terrorism, the door for trade and investment has been cracked ... Read more
Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) 2015 October 19th-21st The InterContinental Miami Florida
25-07-2015 || CDB Approves Financing for Solar Energy Plant in Anguilla Bridgetown, Barbados -- On July 16, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) board of directors approved a US$2.341 million loan to finance the installation and commissioning of a 1 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant, which will enable the Anguilla Electricity Company Limited (ANGLEC) to introduce renewable energy into the energy mix for electricity production. The project will also allow the utility company to examine ... 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 The Changing Energy Landscape in the Caribbean 1999 - 2008 (10 Years Impact Assessment Report) Available at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) A New Paradigm for Caribbean Development: Transitioning to a Green Economy
18-07-2015 || Saint Lucia Ramps Up Energy Transition Citizens are welcoming a move to a ‘green’ economy. Saint Lucia’s government is on a mission to replace the island’s dependence on fossil fuels with renewable energy sources by 35 percent, by the year 2020. The government is pursuing a number of alternative energy sources including wind, solar and geothermal. Like many islands, Saint Lucia is almost 100% reliant on imported fossil fuels for electricity ... Read more 18-07-2015 || Nevisian Jervan Swanston to participate in a U.S. Government-Sponsored Leadership Program Jervan Swanston will travel to the United States as the latest Eastern Caribbean candidate of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). Swanston is the Acting General Manager at the Nevis Electricity Company Limited. He will take part in a one-week professional exchange program on renewable energy with 11 other candidates from the region. In June 2014... Read more 17-07-2015 ||St Kitts Looks to Geothermal as an Alternative Energy Resource St Kitts and Nevis has ramped up its pursuit of geothermal energy, as it seeks to expand renewable energy alternatives. Speaking at the prime minister’s monthly press conference on Wednesday, minister of energy, Ian ‘Patches’ Liburd, pointed out that plans have been put in place to conduct feasibility study in St Kitts, to establish the potential of geothermal energy. “Our new administration has taken a ... Read More 17-07-2015 || Guyana Should Go Solar Now that the new coalition government has made a decision not to continue the very expensive hydro project of the previous regime, an alternative should be looked at to generate energy to meet growing demand. The world is moving away from fossil energy although oil prices have been falling. Guyana itself is trying to capitalize on the exploration and development of traditional fossil energy. But the country cannot count on the oil find off the coast for domestic use because of the territorial threat from our neighbour. At any rate, oil development (and refining) is some five years off and energy is needed urgently. Guyana has a shortfall in energy... Read more 16-07-2015 || Cheap Oil Endangers Poorer Nations’ Switch to Renewable Energy After oil prices started edging back up above $100 a barrel at the start of this decade, a Canadian gold mining company called Iamgold decided it was time to try something new: solar power. Like a lot of miners, it had expanded into far-flung spots with patchy electricity grid connections during the commodities boom, becoming more dependent on heavy fuel oil generators that were increasingly costly to run. It built a $12m solar plant early last year at its South American mine in Suriname ... Read more 13-07-2015 || Content Solar Starts Work on 20-MW Project in Jamaica Content Solar Ltd, part of diversified group WRB Enterprises Inc, has commenced construction of a 20-MW solar park in Jamaica that would be the largest such facility in the Caribbean upon completion. The USD60-million (EUR 53.7m) project will “assist the country in its continued goal of increasing the share of renewable power generation from roughly 7% today to 15% by 2020,” prime minister Portia Simpson Miller said on Thursday. The country’s energy policy envisages Jamaica sourcing at least 20% of its power from renewables by 2030. The fixed-tilt, groundmounted photovoltaic (PV) plant is being built in Content ...Read more
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13-07-2015 || Cuba Intends to Construct 13 Wind Farms Cuba plans to build 13 wind farms, including seven facilities financed with foreign direct investment, local media reported on Saturday, quoting energy and mines minister Alfredo Lopez. The move would be part of a plan for Cuba to source some 24% of its power from renewable energy sources by 2030. For the purpose, Cuba will need to attract about USD 600 million (EUR 541.6m) in foreign capital, according to Lopez. At present, renewables account for slightly more than 4% ... Read more 11-07-2015 || PM Breaks Ground for US$60m Solar Energy Plant in Clarendon Saturday, July 11, 2015 Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Thursday broke ground for the construction of the first utility-scale solar energy power plant in Jamaica, which, upon completion, will be the largest such facility in the Caribbean. Spanning some 160 acres of land in Content Village, York Town, Clarendon, the Content Solar Project being implemented by WRB Enterprises will involve the investment of approximately $US60 million by the developers, a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said. The development of the 20 megawatt photovoltaic facility ... Read More 09-07-2015 || Turks and Caicos Islands Adopts Green Energy Roadmap The Turks and Caicos Islands has joined several other territories in adopting a Sustainable Energy Roadmap at the recent inaugural Summit of the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT). The OCT Roadmap addresses key strategies and actions that support a path towards decreasing fossil fuel dependency and the improvement of energy efficiency through the use of renewable technologies. “The endorsement of the OCT Roadmap is a crucial deliverable in ... Read more 08-07-2015 || A Rather Low-Keyed Summit In a speech to the opening of the 36th Regular Meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government last Thursday, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, as incoming chairman of the 15-nation regional grouping, chided critics who contend that the near 50-yearold integration movement is all talk but little action and practically dead. “Today, when Heads of Government are meeting twice annually and making concrete decisions, cynics still unabashedly publish obituary notices in respect of the regional integration...Read more 03-07-2015 || Barbados a ‘Champion’ of Green Energy Barbados is on course to become one of the “top five renewable energy producers in the world”, says United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The senior international diplomat, who was speaking yesterday during a tour of Caribbean LED Lighting Inc. at Lower Estate, St Michael, hailed the island as an international champion of sustainable energy. And while his visit to the Barbados-based business was brief, Ban said what he had seen was worth commending and that ... Read more 03-07-2015 || Cahill Energy Commits to Bringing High Quality Green Jobs to the People of Barbados Cahill Energy’s Barbados Waste-to-Energy project will bring new investment, jobs and leading environmental technology to the country. Over the past several days, there has been much discussion about our company and the project we represent. It is our commitment to ensure the people of Barbados understand what this project will ... Read more
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BE IN THE KNOW ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE 24-07-2015 || United, Wyndham Reduce Carbon Footprint United Airlines and Wyndham Worldwide are launching a program to reduce carbon emissions associated with corporate air travel. Wyndham has agreed to become the launch partner for United’s Eco-Skies CarbonChoice corporate carbon offset program. The program enables the airline’s corporate customers to track and offset the emissions... Read more
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23-07-2015 || Alert Level Raised as Heightened Activity Recorded at Underwater Volcano Kick ’Em Jenny liz Port of Spain, Trinidad – The UWI Seismic Research Centre (SRC) has heightened the alert level at underwater volcano Kick ‘em Jenny to orange – which means it could start erupting with less than a day’s warning – after strong, continuous signals were recorded in the early ... Read more 23-07-2015 || Climate Change: Time For Talking is Over | Sir Ronald Sanders Imagine if on the anniversary of its independence the friendliest message your nation gets is that if your country sinks underwater, a nearby island is willing to give your people refuge. That means picking up whatever you might salvage and leaving behind your homeland, your possessions and your entire heritage. It also entails the suffering and ... Read more 22-07-2015 || Bill Clinton Helping Jamaica - Former US President’s Climate Initiative Pushing Cheaper Renewable Energy Programmes Former United States President Bill Clinton’s Foundation is working with a Jamaican entity, Wigton Windfarm, to promote greater use of wind and solar energy here, as part of a wider effort to force down exorbitant energy costs in island nations. The Climate Change Initiative (CCI) and its companion Rocky Mountain Institute-Carbon War ... Read more
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21-07-2015 || Barbados Rattled by Earthquake An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 rattled Barbados on Monday night, the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center has reported. It said that the quake occurred at 7:08 pm (local time) was located 65 miles north east of Bridgetown and was also felt in St Lucia. The quake had a depth of 18.5 km and was located ... Read more 19-07-2015|| Jamaicans Flock Unlicensed Beaches Which Do Not Have the Basic Safety Requirements! Beachgoers hoping to escape the heat this summer are being cautioned to swim at their own risk as several popular swimming spots across the island have not been licensed, and of those that are licensed, several are operating in contravention of the rules. The Beach Control... Read more 17-07-2015 || DEM Calls For Better Disaster Preparedness In the wake of the series of earthquakes that shook the island today, a senior disaster management official has called for a higher level of of awareness and better preparedness. During a hastily called press conference just after noon, Acting Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) Kerry Hinds, told ... Read more 16-07-2015 ||Six Earthquakes Within Six Hours off Barbados Six earthquakes struck to the northeast of Barbados this morning in the space of six hours – three of them within minutes of each other and the strongest of which prompted the evacuation of some buildings across the island. After a 5.7 magnitude tremor was recorded at 7:01 a.m., and then another at 7:52 a.m., a stronger 6.4 magnitude quake ... Read more 16-07-2015||Small-chance-of-local-tsunami-after-earthquakes-shakeeastern-caribbean One of the six earthquakes that rattled parts of the Eastern Caribbean today has triggered the “small possibility” of a local tsunami, but there is no major tsunami threat or tsunami warning in effect. That’s according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC). In a Tsunami ...Read more 15-07-2015 || First OECS Climate Change Symposium on COP 21 Issues to be Held In St. Lucia Civil society and government representatives from Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) member states will on Wednesday share their issues regarding climate change as well as discuss ... Read more 13-07-2015|| Timelapse Video Shows Mexico’s ‘Volcano Of Fire’ Erupting Once More Stunning timelapse footage from Mexico shows the country’s famous “volcano of fire” lighting the night sky and spewing ash into the air, forcing authorities to seal off the area and encourage residents nearby to retreat. The Colima volcano, which lies near Mexico’s... Read more 08-07-2015 || An Act of God’ Floods Clarendon Community Climate Change as a result of global warming is being blamed for the unusual weather conditions affecting the southern-most part of the island and Clarendon in particular. Several communities and areas surrounding the Rocky Point fishing village have been experiencing flood-like conditions as a result of extremely windy conditions and high tides. ... Read more 01-07-2015 || Climate Change Debate is Heating Up Aware that it is a polarizing topic, Eric Snodgrass, from the Department of Atmospheric Studies at the University of Illinois, will present “peerreviewed, scientifically accepted information” to help the audience “gain insight and clarity into the impacts of Earth’s changing climate” at the 14th Annual Renewable Energy and Sustainable Lifestyle Fair ...Read more
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Gas/LNG Transportation, Distribution and Commercialization for Small to Mid-scale Projects Master Class Holiday Inn Cartagena Morros, Cartagena, Colombia, 25 - 28 Aug 2015
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