Originally published on Worldwatch Institute. By Philip Killeen Never before has the opportunity to go green in the energy sector been as appealing and accessible as in the Caribbean. This four-part blog series documents the paradigm shift currently under way in the region, where the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica … [continued]
Originally published on Worldwatch Institute. By Philip Killeen Never before has the opportunity to go green in the energy sector been as appealing and accessible as in the Caribbean. This four-part blog series documents the paradigm shift currently under way in the region, where the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica … [continued]
Originally published on Worldwatch Institute. By Philip Killeen Never before has the opportunity to go green in the energy sector been as appealing and accessible as in the Caribbean. This four-part blog series documents the paradigm shift currently under way in the region, where the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica … [continued]
Originally published on Worldwatch Institute. By Philip Killeen Never before has the opportunity to go green in the energy sector been as appealing and accessible as in the Caribbean. This four-part blog series documents the paradigm shift currently under way in the region, where the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica … [continued]
Clean energy investments soared higher in Latin America in 2012 amid an overall, global contraction. Four Latin American countries registered triple-digit percentage increases, with Brazil leading the way in terms of dollars invested. The data was released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance in advance of ACORE’s third Latin America & Caribbean Renewable Energy Finance Forum, which is being held in Miami this week.
The 26-MW San Fermin PV plant in northeastern Puerto Rico’s Loiza comes with a built-in weather station, frequency and voltage regulation capabilities, a back-up energy storage system, and is built to withstand hurricane-force winds and flooding. […]
Rising fossil fuel prices are driving up the cost of electricity in Barbados, the latest Caribbean country to embark on a path towards greater use of renewable energy and a more environmentally, economically and socially sustainable economy.
Residents’ ire over a spike in electricity costs due to the island’s dependence on diesel fuel has spurred the eastern Caribbean island’s renewable energy-climate change plan, an approach that’s increasingly being seen across the Caribbean, as well as one that should resonate here in the US at a time where rising gasoline and petroleum prices have become fodder for Republican attacks.
A grant from the European Investment Bank will finance a feasibility study of building grid connections between geothermal power plants on Dominica to the neighboring islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Caribbean nations are increasingly looking to develop renewable energy resources as key enablers of achieving Millennium Development Goals and significantly reducing their reliance on polluting, imported fossil fuels.
