Contributing Authors: Melissa Meade, Director of Environment, Government of Anguilla; Dallen Connor, Coordinator of Environmental Control and Pollution, Government of Anguilla; Alec Macklis, Founder and CEO, Gridspan Energy The Caribbean is a hotspot for innovative energy storage, and the new project out of Anguilla is the latest to make a splash. The 125-kW mobile containerized battery system […]
The United Nations Development Programme’s Blue Economy Accelerator Lab in Barbados awarded blue lab funding to four startups doing work related to the Blue Economy. The companies were chosen from among eight candidates, and will receive up to US$15,000 in total funding. Winners included Bio Plastic Creation, which makes biodegradable products from sargassum seaweed and […]
Solar microgrids installed throughout Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria didn’t lose power when massive earthquakes tore through the island’s electric grid earlier this month. The microgrids, many of which are permanently off-grid, were able to continue operating despite serious damage to transmission lines and power plants. Operators see this as an argument for shifting to […]
The UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF) has entered the second cycle of its $50 million three-year plan to build climate-resilient renewable energy projects in 16 Caribbean nations. It said it has successfully completed new development and funded agreements for the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guyana, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. The […]
2019 marked another blockbuster year for the Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum, which drew more than 500 attendees from 50 countries to the JW Marriott Marquis in Miami, Florida on October 16-18, 2019. Highlights included the Island Resiliency Action Challenge, the E-Mobility Workshop, the CREF Industry Awards, the Women in Energy Breakfast, the Ministerial Roundtable, the […]
Solar power producer Sonnedix recently closed on US$15 million in financing for solar photovoltaic plants in Puerto Rico. City National Bank, based in Florida, acted as the lender. Sonnedix has been operating in Puerto Rico since 2015 and currently has two operational solar PV plants on the island, with 50MW of solar power capacity in […]
Ahead of the 4th annual Caribbean Infrastructure Forum (CARIF) in Kingston, Jamaica, on January 21-22 (2020), we hosted a webinar with leading market participants to identify what trends are driving the regional market. Read a recap by our co-hosts at IJGlobal here and listen to the full webinar recording here.
With several critical policy discussions on the calendar, 2020 has been dubbed the Super Year for Nature. Meetings include the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress in France, happening in June; the COP15 of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in China this October; and Climate COP26 closing out the year […]
At least 45 earthquakes shook Puerto Rico over several days in early January, leaving behind collapsed buildings and a crippled electric grid. As of publication, approximately two-thirds of the island’s 3.2 million customers remain in the dark. The temblors severely damaged Guayanilla Power Plant in the southern region, which generated more than a quarter of […]