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Barbados politicians urge government to direct funds towards renewable energy
May 8, 2020
With over $270 million to be allocated to capital works expenditure, Barbados Senator Crystal Drakes is urging government to use some of these funds to push job creation in the renewable energy sector. “If you want to engage in an exercise where you have job creation, you need to take some of the $274 million […]
Barbados issues tender for 4.5 MW of solar PV
March 20, 2020
The Barbados Water Authority is seeking proposals for three PV plants for a total of 4.5 MW of generation capacity plus a 2 MW microturbine. The installations will power pumping stations. Bids can be submitted until March 31. This additional solar energy will contribute to the island’s goal of 29% renewable energy by 2029 and […]
Barbados signs $30m loan for sustainable energy investment program
February 13, 2020
The Government of Barbados signed two loan deals with the Inter-American Development Bank. Prime Minister Mia Mottley said, “The $30 million USD that we just signed for with the smart energy allows us to be able to leverage renewable energy on many of the Governments properties. The Government of Barbados is spending about $400 million […]
Barbados signs Wartsila to build “Clean Energy Bridge” power plant
January 23, 2020
The technology group Wärtsilä has won the contract to supply a 33 MW flexible power plant on a fast-track basis to the Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (BLPC), the utility company on the Caribbean island of Barbados. The power plant will be supplied as an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) project. The project will […]
UNDP awards $15k in ‘blue lab funding’ to four startups
January 20, 2020
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 […]
Barbados oil company to diversify offering with renewable energy pilot program
December 16, 2019
In 2020, an unlikely company will be installing 300 PV systems in Barbados. The Barbados National Oil Company Limited (BNOCL) will install solar PV systems across homes of 300 people within the company, as a pilot project meant to diversify its offerings and make available a renewable energy arm of the company. Chairman of BNOCL, […]
Barbados pursues renewable energy cooperative
October 29, 2019
In a recent address at the Co-operative Societies meeting, the Barbados government highlighted the need for a renewable energy cooperative to be established in the country, to allow local ownership of renewable energy projects, among other benefits. The model proposed would allow Barbadians to have a 30 percent stake in all foreign-owned renewable energy, energy […]
Barbados and Trinidad sign gas exploration agreement
October 29, 2019
Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have signed an MOU for gas exploration in a shared economic zone. Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, said the MOU is a commitment to cooperate in energy exploration in the offshore of both territories. “Its only binding feature relates to the confidentiality of the data which we will access, and every […]
Barbados lays out “ambitious but doable” renewables roadmap to 2030
October 3, 2019
Barbados is gearing up for big policy changes to enable renewable energy growth. The push towards making Barbados into a green energy nation in the next decade, took a major step today with the Prime Minister laying out an “ambitious” but “doable” road map to the 2030 goal, according to key observers who gave cautious […]