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Funds managed by RBC Trust commit to MPC Capital’s Caribbean renewables platform
November 10, 2020
RBC Trust (Trinidad and Tobago) Limited, a subsidiary of RBC Financial Caribbean Limited, has committed USD10 million to MPC Capital’s Caribbean listed feeder-vehicle to further grow the portfolio of renewable energy assets. Source
New Trinidad and Tobago solar project to be “largest in Caribbean”
November 5, 2020
Trinidad and Tobago’s Finance Minister, Colm Imbert said government has secured two bidders who will deliver 112 megawatts of power from renewable energy. The government is confident that once the planned solar power project is completed “it will be the largest in the Caribbean.” Source
Screaming Power enters the Caribbean market
October 24, 2020
Screaming Power, a leading North American provider of branded utility billing, monitoring, conservation, and energy data management platforms announced their entry into the Caribbean market. Screaming Power concluded its first international sale with the Trinidad & Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC), awarded through a Request for Quotation (RFQ). Source
Trinidad & Tobago pursuing hydrogen energy; HDF Energy and Kenesjay to develop project
July 10, 2020
Kenesjay Systems Limited (Kenesjay) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the French hydrogen specialist HDF Energy to establish a partnership for the development of the NewGen Carbon-Neutral & Green Hydrogen project. The main partnership principles and terms are now under discussion for a comprehensive MoU that is expected to be signed this summer. […]
Trinidad and Tobago receives $5m grant for low-carbon cooling technologies
May 28, 2020
The Ministry of Planning Development said a US$5 million grant has been awarded for a national project on the development of low-carbon refrigeration and air conditioning technologies. In a statement issued Thursday, the ministry said the US$5.21 million grant is the largest-ever grant-funded project under the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) awarded to Trinidad and Tobago. The […]
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 and Trinidad and Tobago discuss energy cooperation agreement
December 21, 2018
Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados have started discussions to explore a “potential partnership” on energy related matters. High level discussions by the countries’ ministers of energy were recently held, according to Trinidad’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Related Industries. Energy Minister Franklin Khan, and his Barbados counterpart Wilfred Abrahams discussed “mutual cooperation with respect to […]
The waiting game for renewables in Trinidad & Tobago

From our Editorial Team
October 11, 2018
Written by Julie Taylor As renewable energy continues to boom across the Caribbean region, the stubborn exception to the trend continues to be the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. In 2018, Trinidad & Tobago (TT) still generates over 99% of electricity from natural gas, with the remainder mostly from diesel fuel. The electricity grid is […]
Puerto Rico trade mission to Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen CARICOM
September 26, 2018
Eleven companies from Puerto Rico, representing sectors from asset management and executive protection, to food and beverage, and refrigeration services, visited Trinidad and Tobago this week as part of a trade mission. As the Caribbean Basin Initiative, which governs the trade arrangements between the U.S. and CARICOM, expires at the end of this year, the […]