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In Jamaica, electricity demand is down; residential demand is up
April 23, 2020
Jamaica’s utility, JPS, reported that while the company has seen an overall decrease in electricity consumption by approximately 2.5 percent in March, residential demand is up by 3 percent. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, many are spending more time at home, and have increased consumption varying five to 50 percent. “People who would have been out […]
How will COVID-19 re-shape the Caribbean?

From our Editorial Team
April 9, 2020
The Caribbean is no stranger to disaster. In a COVID-19 world, however, the Caribbean faces not only an unknown future for itself but a future in which its typically stable partners are experiencing the same economic contraction. Is there a way for the Caribbean to emerge stronger, and more resilient? With Caribbean islands in various […]
Coronavirus: The Caribbean is the First Domino to Fall, but There is Hope

From our Editorial Team
April 9, 2020
Guest Editorial by David Gumbs, James Fletcher & Justin Locke COVID-19 is crushing tourism-based, import-dependent economies across the Caribbean. Recovery will be slow—but it can also be revolutionary. Guest contributors David Gumbs, James Fletcher and Justin Locke frame for us a vision for how regional governments, with the help of multilateral institutions and global philanthropy, […]
(Summary) Coronavirus: The Caribbean is the First Domino to Fall, but There is Hope

From our Editorial Team
April 9, 2020
Summary of Guest Editorial by David Gumbs, James Fletcher & Justin Locke Read the editorial in full here. The global economy is on lockdown and the predictions are staggering. What is becoming increasingly clear is that the world after COVID-19 will look very different than it did before COVID-19. The long-term realities of the coronavirus […]
Pandemic, oil price collapse to take its toll on LAC energy markets
April 8, 2020
The recent oil price collapse, combined with the economic contraction resulting from measures to fight the global Covid-19 pandemic, will have extensive and largely unforetold impacts for Latin American energy markets and beyond. These implications include cuts to investment and delays to ongoing projects in both oil & gas and renewable energy, fiscal and broader […]
Gender equality top priority for Caribbean Development Bank
April 8, 2020
The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has this week approved the Bank’s new Gender Equality Action Plan 2020-2024 to deepen its work on gender equality in Borrowing Member Countries and in the institution. Building on its investment in gender equality during the last decade, CDB is stepping up its gender responsiveness. […]
BVIEC receives five bids for 2 MW solar and storage project
April 8, 2020
Following a site visit on December 11, 2019, by twenty-eight global companies, five companies have submitted bids for the Anegada Hybrid Renewable Energy and Battery Storage System Project. BVIEC said the companies who submitted bids and their main characteristics for the project are Advanced Solar Products, MAN-HEG, Power52, Tugliq and Virtual Engineers. The combined Project […]
Webinar | How Covid-19 is impacting the Caribbean

From our Editorial Team
March 27, 2020
On March 27, 2020, we hosted an online meeting with Caribbean leaders who updated us on the latest Coronavirus developments, and how the spread of the disease is impacting electricity markets across the region. To watch this complimentary webinar now, click here. Hear from leaders based in Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Barbados, and Jamaica as they address […]
Jamaica takes a closer look at pumped hydro
March 26, 2020
Jamaica has started studying the potential for pumped hydro storage on its electric grid to supply the grid with energy in times of need, as announced by Prime Minister Holness. The project envisions pulling water from the Middlesex aquifer in St Ann parish and pumping the water to reservoirs at higher elevations. The water would […]