Clean Energy

Build Forward: An ambitious initiative to accelerate the energy transition in the Caribbean

By Therese Turner Jones and Roberto G. Aiello While the Caribbean’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions are low compared to the global aggregate, the region is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, manifest in rising sea levels, warmer temperatures and increased intensity of hurricanes. The last three years have also seen a record rise […]

Caricom countries set out COP26 outcomes

The executive director of the Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Dr Colin Young, says the consequence for Caribbean countries will be “very dire” if the delegates to an international conference in Glasgow later this year fail to respond positively to the sixth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC’ […]

AES sees ‘aggressive’ gas competition in CentAm, Caribbean

The large presence of LNG terminals in Central America and the Caribbean has led to a large availability of natural gas and very aggressive competition, according to Freddy Obando from AES. The US company’s chief commercial officer for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean made the comment during a virtual forum on the future of gas […]

ECLAC: Caribbean has right conditions to become renewable energy hub

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the region has all the right conditions to become a renewable energy hub with great potential in green hydrogen. “Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have advantages for entering this market because their electricity matrices are relatively clean or are in the […]

Integrate Caribbean energy services markets

Integration of the Caribbean energy services markets could help to make businesses more competitive and reduce costs for project development and hence, eventual prices to consumers. This should be a focus for CARICOM in the implementation of the Single Market and Economy. There has been a lot less emphasis on making sure that energy services are able to be traded […]

USAID AND CARICOM Development Fund sign an MOU to strengthen cooperation

The United States Agency for International Development/Eastern and Southern Caribbean Mission (USAID/ESC) and the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Monday, June 21. The signing of the MOU occurred at the offices of the CDF in Barbados. The MOU provides a broad framework for cooperation between the two organizations and […]