Sustainable Energy & Development News VOL.1 SEPTEMBER 2013 THE MONTHLY REVIEW OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & DEVELOPMENT NEWS IN THE CARIBBEAN FROM THE REGION”S LEADING INFORMATION PLATFORMS. Biggest Solar Park Built in the Caribbean WIRSOL has begun construcon of the biggest solar park of the Caribbean, in the Dominican Republic’s Monte Plata province. The park will have a total capacity of 64.14 megawas, and the first phase, supplying 32.14 MW, will go on the grid by the end of the year. Read more This publication is prepared by the Caribbean Energy Information System. Cocoa Farmers get Tools to Combat Impacts of Climate Change NE hundred and five cocoa farmers from the parishes of St Mary and Portland recently received tools, valued at $2.5 million, from the United States Agency for Internaonal Development (USAID). Read more Montserrat Looks Forward to Geothermal Project Montserrat officials say they are encouraged by the geothermal flow at the first well that became acve last month. Read more What’s Happening Now Across The Region...
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Sustainable Energy &Development News
VOL.1 SEPTEMBER 2013
THE MONTHLY REVIEW OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & DEVELOPMENT NEWS IN THE CARIBBEAN FROM THE REGION”S LEADING INFORMATION PLATFORMS.
Biggest Solar Park Built in the CaribbeanWIRSOL has begun construction of the biggest solar park of the
Caribbean, in the Dominican Republic’s Monte Plata province. The park will have a total capacity of 64.14 megawatts, and the first phase,
supplying 32.14 MW, will go on the grid by the end of the year. Read more
This publication is prepared by the Caribbean Energy Information System.
Cocoa Farmers get Tools to Combat Impacts of Climate ChangeNE hundred and five cocoa farmers from the parishes of St Mary and
Portland recently received tools, valued at $2.5 million, from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Read more
Montserrat Looks Forward to Geothermal ProjectMontserrat officials say they are encouraged by the geothermal flow at
the first well that became active last month. Read more
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24-9-2013 ||St. Kitts Power Grid now Being Fed by Green EnergyThe public electricity grid on St. Kitts is for the first time being supplied with energy from a renewable source, a one megawatt solar farm at the RLB Airport. Read more24-9-2013 || Gone With the Wind: Blue Mountain Renewables Looks to Blow Down Energy CostsWith 35 years of experience in the power business, the principal of the Blue Mountain Renewables (BMR), Bruce Levy, says his company is raring to go as it awaits a decision from the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) to roll out US$87 million worth of investment in a wind power-generating facility in Malvern, St Elizabeth. Read more24-9-2013 || Energy Most Critical Issue Facing Country – PaulwellMinister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says energy is the most critical issue facing the country, and that the use of renewable energy is one way to significantly lower the cost of electricity in the country. Read more24-9-2013 || Benefits Evident from use of Alternative and Renewable EnergyMinister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says the benefits from the use of alternative and renewable energy across Jamaica are beginning to flow, and will amount to savings in the country’s oil importation bill. Read more
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25-9-2013 || Alternative Energy Generation is on the TableFORTISTCI and the Turks and Caicos Islands Government recently met at the table to continue discussions on the utilisation of alternative energy and the lowering of consumer costs through various means. Read more
27-9-2013 ||NRG Energy and Digicel Partner to Bring Renewable, Affordable and Reliable Electricity to the PeopleNRG Energy, Inc. and Digicel today jointly announced at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York a partnership to acquire, construct and operate renewable energy projects under development in the Caribbean region. Read more
30-9-2013 || Head of UN Nuclear Watchdog Visits CubaThe head of the UN nuclear watchdog on Sunday kicked off a three-day official visit to Cuba, a local TV channel reported. Read more
13-9-2013 || OUR to Receive Evaluation of 360-Bids TodayThe Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is to receive a final evaluation report on bids submitted for the Government’s 360 megawatt project today. On Monday, the utilities’ regulator informed that it had pushed back its deadline to announce a winner for the project because of unforeseen legal and other issues. Read more
18-9-2013 ||Small Island States Urged to Take Steps to Become Energy IndependentThe United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) calls on global leaders to commit to a secure sustainable energy supplies and a greater use of renewable energy beyond asking for technical and financial support and create a level playing field for them to compete with fossil fuels. Read more
18-9-2013 ||New Solar Farm in St. Kitts and Nevis CompletedSt. Kitts and Nevis is on the way to becoming a green country, as the first ever Solar Farm is now complete. A ceremony is expected to take place on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport. Read more
13-9-2013 ||CB Goes Solar with Pig FarmAfter years of trying unsuccessfully to convince pig farmers to invest in climate-controlled barns as a means of growing pigs more efficiently, CB is building its own farm on property in Hill Run, St Catherine. The CB group, which produces poultry, pork and other valued-added meat products, recently opened a retail store carrying its own Copperwood line of fresh pork. Read more
16-9-2013 || Renewable Pioneer Makes 50-100% A/C Saving PledgeA Miami-based pioneer yesterday said he could provide “the most cost effective technology to both cool the Bahamas and provide fresh water”, pledging that it could cut air conditioning costs by between 50-100 per cent. Read more
18-9 -2013 ||Geothermal Energy Project Sites Narrowed To SixThe 12 sites originally identified as potential geothermal energy sources have been narrowed to six as the feasibility studies unfold. Geologist Krishna Vaswani and partners in the project announced in January, aim to produce electricity from heat trapped underground, for the first time in Jamaica. Read more
13-9-2013 || JPS Inks Historic Deal to Distribute Renewable Energy Hybrid in Jamaica and the Rest of the CaribbeanToday, September 13, JPS has taken a historic step with the signing of a deal to distribute hybrid renewable energy systems in Jamaica and the Caribbean. The agreement, which will be signed at the Company’s Head Office in New Kingston, with WindStream Technologies out of the USA, will pave the way for JPS to be the exclusive distributor of the SolarMill – a hybrid system which combines the technologies used to harness solar and wind power. Read more
23-9-2013 ||Energy Efficient Plant in the WorksA plant that would convert waste – including that which comes from visiting ships – into energy and lead to a more sustainable environment is one of the plans that the Government of Barbados has on the cards. Read more23-8-2013 || India to Help Cuba Develop Renewable Energy ResourcesIndia has offered to help Cuba develop its renewable energy resources. This was conveyed by Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Minister of New and Renewable Energy to Marino Murillo, VP of the Republic of Cuba in Havana. Read more
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5-9-2013 || Encouraging Signs for Geothermal Energy ProjectMontserrat officials say they are encouraged by the geothermal flow at the first well that became active last month. The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) is funding the exploratory phase of the geothermal energy project and Premier Reuben Meade says he is hoping London will fund the entire project so that the resources and revenue can go to the people of Montserrat rather than to private firms. Read more
5-9-2013 ||$80m Energy Project Eyes 25% Cost Slash An $80 million renewable energy project believes it could slash electricity costs for consumers on 15 Family Islands by at least 25 per cent, having met or exceeded the Government’s own pricing targets. Guilden Gilbert said the proposal, a joint venture between Bahamian investors and a foreign group, would “cost the country nothing” through their consortium providing 100 per cent of the financing. Read more
4-9-2013 || Island of Dominica Makes Strides on Geothermal EnergyDominica, heralded as the “Nature Island of the Caribbean,” Dominica, is pushing to become completely reliant on geothermal energy. Government officials say that this policy addresses growing climate change concerns, high electricity costs along with an ambitious goal to become carbon “negative” by 2020. Read more2-9-2013 || First Ethanol Plant Commissioned in GuyanaThe first ever biofuel ethanol plant in Guyana was started up and commissioned this August by President Donald Ramotar. The 1,000 litre a day capacity demonstration plant is a cornerstone of the government’s energy and transport policy, which includes moving towards a 10% ethanol blend. Read more
9-9-2013 ||Reaping Benefits from WasteAccording to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the use of animal guts to produce biodiesel is not a new technology. However, of late there has been growing interest in “aquaticbiofuels” – producing bio diesel from fish gut. Fish oil comes from leftover waste and is mixed with methanol and other products. Read more
5-9-2013 || Caribbean Island of Dominica Bets on Geothermal EnergyGovernment officials on the Caribbean island of Dominica are hoping that geothermal energy is the answer to mounting climate change concerns, high electricity costs and an ambitious commitment to become carbon ‘negative’ by 2020. Read more
11-9-2013 || Delays In 360-Megawatt Project Frustrate GovernmentThe Government says it is frustrated by further delays in the 360-megawatt project. Yesterday, the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) announced it had pushed back its deadline to announce a winner for the project because of unforeseen legal and other issues. The nature of the legal issues has not been disclosed. Read more11-9-2013 || 360-Megawatt Project Delay Disappoints Jamaica Manufacturers’ AssociationThe head of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), Brian Pengelley, has expressed disappointment that there’s another delay in the completion of a bid evaluation report in relation to the government’s 360 megawatt project. Yesterday, the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) announced it had pushed back its deadline to announce a winner for the project because of unforeseen legal issues which have arisen. Read more
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20-9-2013 ||Country in Need of 35 Million Gallons of WaterThe country (Trinidad and Tobago) needs an additional 35 million gallons of water if all citizens are to receive a steady supply of water every day, says Minister of the Environment and Water Resources Ganga Singh. Read more
26-9-2013 ||Caribbean Needs Laws to Regulate Waste Disposal in Waters — CTO headSecretary General of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) Hugh Riley has called for legislation to regulate the disposal of waste in Caribbean waters. Read more
20-9-2013 ||Please, Don’t Eat the Crocs!The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is advising people, who capture crocodiles for consumption to desist from this illegal practice or face prosecution. Read more
30-9-2013 || NCC Projects Resulting in Savings on Water and Energy CostsWater and energy costs at the National Conservation Commission (NCC) are on the decline, with a further savings of $40, 000 per year being anticipated, through water conservation and alternative energy measures being undertaken. Read more30-9-2013 || IDB Enthused About Supporting Energy Sector Reform in GuyanaThe Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is “enthusiastic” about providing technical and financial support reform of Guyana’s energy sector governance, ... Read more
6-9-2013|| Climate Change Threatens Caribbean’s Water SupplyExperts are sounding a new alarm about the effects of climate change for parts of the Caribbean — the depletion of already strained drinking water throughout much of the region. Read more6-9-2013 || Jamaica Lobby at Warsaw Climate Talks Critical – MahlungJamaica must this year push for not only “adequate and predictable” fi-nancing, but also for further work on the international mechanism on loss and damage, to protect it and other vulnerable countries from slow-onset events such as ocean acidification. So said Clifford Mahlung, one of the island’s seasoned climate negotiators and the Latin America and Carib-bean representative on the Adaptation Committee of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Read more
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11-9-2013 || Save Money with Reflective Roof PaintBuildings that are located in warm countries will all be affected by the heat which is absorbed directly into the building via the roof. In order to keep these buildings cool the owners will have to set up an air conditioning system to control the heat. Obviously this can be incredibly expensive, especially in countries where the heat can become unbearable at certain times during the day. Read more
5-9-2013 ||TERI Energy Specialists Return to Continue Technical SupportA four-member technical team of specialists, headed by Associate Director of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Dr. G Rudra Narsimha Rao, is in Guyana for three months to spearhead phase two of technical support to the Guyana Government in the areas of climate change and energy. Read more5-9-2013|| Energy Awareness Project for Secondary SchoolsIn a bid to promote sustainable energy management in high schools across Jamaica, students and teachers are to be trained as energy auditors under an energy awareness project. The project, “Promoting Energy Awareness in Jamaican Secondary Schools” is a collaborative effort among the Jamaica Fulbright Association (JBA), the Ministry of Education, the Scientific Research Council and the Jamaica Public Service. Read more3-9-2013 ||Bahamian Educators Learn Effective Methods to Teach Sustainable Energy LessonsThe Ministry of Education, Science & Technology and the Organization of American States (OAS) through its Department of Sustainable Development conducted a two-day teacher workshop in New Providence, August 21-22, 2013. The workshop gave focus to the importance of teaching renewable energy, energy conservation, and the need for advocacy of cleaner and more sustainable energy development in The Bahamas. Read more
12-9-2013|| Governor backs environmentAfter more than a decade of waiting, 2013 could be the year that Cayman’s natural land environment finally receives lawful protection. Minister Wayne Panton, who has responsibility for the environment, has already made a commitment to steer the National Conservation Law through before the year is out. Read more
16-9-2013 || Cocoa Lifeline – Farmers Receive $5M DonationA hundred and five farmers in the cocoa belt of St Mary and Portland were thrown a lifeline last week with a $5.5 million donation of tools and other support from the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems adapting to climate change (Ja REECH) project. Read more
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