CREF Updates

Caribbean Clean Energy: A Reality Check

From our Editorial Team

A powerhouse line-up of women leaders, representing islands across the Caribbean and Hawaii, gave their perspectives on a broad scope of Caribbean clean energy topics including how Covid has impacted the energy transition, the impact on project pipelines and how policymakers and multilaterals are responding. This discussion took place during a webinar on Wednesday, October […]

Incoming Ministers of Energy from Jamaica and Barbados confirm for CREF Virtual

We are pleased to announce that the incoming Ministers of Energy from Jamaica and Barbados have confirmed they will participate as speakers at CREF Virtual. Both markets are in transition, with renewables increasingly front and center. Minister Symmonds joins a Barbados Town Hall to explore the national roadmap to 100% renewables by 2030 while Minister […]

CREF/IRAC Taskforce Leaders To Report on Progress at CREF 2020

Paving the way for the 2020 Island Resiliency Action Challenge which will take place on November 10, CREF 2020 will feature milestone updates from the two taskforces which emerged out of IRAC 2019. Racquel Moses of the Caribbean Climate Accelerator has been at the helm of one of the two task forces, seeking to put […]

CREF Virtual: Coming to you this October

We are excited to announce that the 12th Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) is going virtual this October 28-30, 2020! The market is innovating, and so are we. New platform, new tools, more interaction, more solutions. We’re bringing you the same powerhouse lineup of CREF speakers you’re used to – but, this time, it’s through […]

CREF 2019 in a nutshell

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 […]

The seven key takeaways from CREF 2019

From our Editorial Team

With 500 attendees, 100 speakers and three days of panel discussions and workshops, it’s hard to distill CREF 2019 into a few paragraphs. But some critical themes emerged—along with a broad sense that we have the know-how, capital and consensus to get things done. We turned to a handful of CREF participants to gather their […]