Over the past two years, the capacity of solar in Barbados has increased five times — from 1.6 MW in 2013 to over 9MW in 2015. Barbados’ solar capacity will double in size in 2016 when Canadian-based Emera completes the installation of a 10MW utility-scale system. The completion of this project will move Barbados several steps closer to achieving its goal of sourcing 29% of its energy from renewable sources by 2029.
Source: http://www.exim.gov/
With an average of 5.6 kWh/m²/day of solar radiation each day and electricity prices falling between US$0.20-$0.25/kWh (even with oil prices at a low), Barbados is a great candidate for renewables.
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