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Turtle Beach Island Resort in Belize will swap its diesel backup generation for a battery-powered clean energy system
July 27, 2022
Turtle Beach Island Resort in Belize will switch from a diesel backup generation to a battery-powered clean energy system. The On.Energy Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) will allow the resort to eliminate its reliance on fossil fuels. Source: Alt Energy Mag
Build Forward: An ambitious initiative to accelerate the energy transition in the Caribbean
November 29, 2021
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 […]
The Caribbean Clean Energy Transition: From Potential to Projects
October 07, 2021
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Is Building Clean Growth Expertise in the Labour Force Key to Advancing Carbon Neutral Aspirations?
September 15, 2021
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Is There a Future for Offshore Wind in the Caribbean?
September 13, 2021
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Caricom countries set out COP26 outcomes
August 17, 2021
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
July 21, 2021
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
July 5, 2021
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
June 28, 2021
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 […]