Sustainable Energy & Development News
VOL.1 JANUARY 2015
THE MONTHLY REVIEW OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & DEVELOPMENT NEWS IN THE CARIBBEAN FROM THE REGION”S LEADING INFORMATION PLATFORMS
This publication is prepared by the Caribbean Energy Information System
What’s Happening Across The Region...
US$90-M Boost WASHINGTON, DC, USA — The 34-megawatt (MW) greenfield wind farm being built by US-owned BMR Energy in St Elizabeth is to receive a US$90-million capital injection by way of a loan through a tripartite arrangement among the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the International Finance Corporation (IFC)... Read more IICA Urges Regional Farmers to Adopt Practices to Combat Climate Change CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is urging Caribbean farmers to adopt climate-smart agricultural practices that can help lessen the impacts of climate change. Read more The Caribbean Must Develop a Green Economy Energy Policy Consultant at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Joseph Williams, believes the Caribbean must move faster towards greater renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Delivering the feature address at Green Energy Day at ... Read more
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World Future Energy Summit January 19-22, 2015 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 15th Annual Platts Caribbean Energy Conference January 29-30, 2015 El San Juan Resort & Casino, San Juan, Puerto Rico Energy Rennovation of Public Buildings February 2-3, 2015 Denmark Climate Leaership Conference February 23-25, 2015 The Ritz Carlton Pentagon City Arlington VA, USA Globalcon Conference & Expo March 17-18, 2015 Philadelphia PA, USA
30-01-2015 || Unlocking the Caribbean’s Energy Potential Energy security is at the top of the agenda for Caribbean leaders and it has been for some time. With an average cost of electricity four times higher than in rich nations such as the United States, high energy costs are not only a daily hardship for Caribbean people, but also one of the key bottlenecks for unleashing economic growth and prosperity in the region. While the recent drop in oil prices is releasing some of the pressure, it also represents an opportunity to look into into strategies for increasing energy ... Read more 29-01-2015 || Sault College officials tell us about their trip to Barbados In recent years, a number of unique partnerships have enhanced the learning environment of the college and one of those key partnerships is with Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic in Bridgetown, Barbados (SJPP). The inaugural course in photovoltaic installations began on the island last week and Sault College representatives were on-hand to officially launch the course and open the impressive lab. “Sault College is pleased to offer its expertise in the training of Solar Photovoltaic Installers,” ... Read more 28-01-2015 || HEART Trust Responds to Needs in Renewable Energy Sector KINGSTON, Jamaica - Since last year, the HeartTrust/NTA’s National Tool and Engineering Institute (NTEI) has been offering a renewable energy programme developed to train and certify individuals at level four of the National Vocational Qualification of Jamaica (NVQ-J). The programme, Renewable Energy and Efficiency Technology (REET), is being delivered in partnership with St Lawrence College of Canada. “The programme is being implemented in response to the need for a skilled workforce ... Read more 27-01-2015 || Nevis Aims to Become “Greenest Island on Earth” by 2018 Nevis is preparing to become “the greenest island on Earth” by 2018, when the government expects to meet its energy needs entirely from renewable resources, the CEO of the island’s tourism authority said here Tuesday. Greg Phillip is currently in San Juan with a delegation of officials and hotel and airline representatives to promote Nevis’ attractions. He pointed to several renewable energy projects - a solar power station, wind farm ... Read more
REPORTS World Energy Scenarios: Composing Energy Futures To 2050 Sustainable Energy and its Use Challenges to Renewable Energy in the Caribbean Jamaica Sustainable Energy Roadmap: Pathways To An Affordable, Reliable, Low-Emission Electricity System
26-01-2015 || IFC, OPIC, Canada Provide $62.7 Million for Jamaica’s Largest Private Sector Wind Farm ind KINGSTON, Jamaica--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, with the support of the Government of Canada and along with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC, the U.S. Government’s development finance institution) will help ... Read more 25-01-2015 || US Works to Ease Caribbean Dependence on Venezuelan Oil Caribbean MIAMI, United States (AP) — A decade-long addiction to oil subsidized by Venezuela may be coming to an end for several Caribbean nations, with a nudge from the United States. Fears that falling oil prices could knock the wheels off the already wobbly economy of ... Read more
Climatescope 2014 : New Frontiers for Low-Carbon Energy Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
22-01-2015 ||The Bahamas’ New Motto: “Sand, Surf and Solar” ABU DHABI, Jan 21 (IPS) - When it comes to tourism in the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM), The Bahamas -- 700 islands sprinkled over 100,000 square miles of ocean starting just 50 miles off Florida -- is a heavyweight. With a gross domestic product of eight ... Read more
DOCUMENTS
21-01-2015 || Gamesa Enters Jamaican Market Wind Turbine Manufacturer Signs Turnkey Contract for the Construction of a 24 MW Wind Farm. Gamesa has signed a contract with Wigton Windfarm Limited – a subsidiary of the energy company, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica – for the turnkey construction of the Wigton III wind farm, for a new installed capacity of 24 MW. Under the terms of the deal, Gamesa will install 12 of its G80-2.0 MW wind. Read more
National Energy Plan - Final Draft Commonwealth of Dominica Sustainable Energy Plan - Final Draft - Commonwealth of Dominica Jamaica Public Service Company Limited Standard Offer Contract for the Purchase of As-Available Intermittent Energy from Renewable Energy Facilities up to 100kW - May 2012 JPS Amended and Restated All-Island Electric Licence 2011 The Changing Energy Landscape in the Caribbean 1999 - 2008 (10 Years Impact Assessment Report) Available at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
20-01-2015 || Developing Countries Benefit From IRENA & ADFD Loan The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) announced Sunday $57 million worth of concessional loans for five separate renewable energy projects across developing countries. The loans come as part of the second of seven loan cycles which intend to commit $350 million over seven ...Read more 20-01-2015 || Island States Throw off the Heavy Yoke of Fossil Fuels BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Jan 13 2015 (IPS) - The Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis, on a quest to become the world’s first sustainable island state, has taken a giant leap in its programme to cut energy costs. Last week, the government broke ground to construct the country’s second solar farm, and Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas told IPS his administration is “committed to free the country from the fossil fuel reliance” ... Read more 19-01-2015 ||Strong Take-Up of Renewable Energy Policy Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says Government’s policy shift on alternative energy, including the provision of incentives, is resulting in greater use of and investments in renewable options. Under the policy, Government is facilitating access to low interest rate loans for businesses and homeowners... Read more 17-01-2015 || Bahamas’ New Solar Push The Bahamas is planning a major new green push. The 700-island archipelago is set to launch a wide solar energy project, according to Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett, who was addressing the fifth session of the assemblies of the International Renewal Energy Agency in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. As part of its participation ... Read more
12-01-2015 || St. Vincent Embarks on Renewable Energy Path KINGSTOWN, Jan 12 (IPS) - For decades, the fertile slopes of La Soufriere volcano, which occupies the northern third of this 344-kilometre-square island, has produced illegally grown marijuana that fuels the local underground economy, and the trade in that illicit drug... Read more Content Administrator, CIPORE Caribbean Energy Information System (CEIS), Scientific Research Council (SRC), Hope Gardens, Kingston 6, Jamaica W.I. 876-927-1779(w) | 876-9771840(f) | ceis@src-jamaica.org www.ceis-caribenergy.org www.src-jamaica.org
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12-01-2015 ||Caribbean Islands Provide Unique Opportunity for Renewable Energy With very few oil and gas resources of their own, Caribbean islands rely heavily on imported fuel for electricity generation, forcing residents and businesses to pay some of the highest energy costs in the world, which fluctuate greatly with the global price of oil. The average ... Read more 10-01-2014 || Energy Security for the Future Renewable energy has created a world of opportunity for society to seek out alternative, environmentally responsible modes of generating energy. It challenges us to apply the principles of engineering and science to harness power from natural resources such as the sun, wind, air and water. Renewable energy stimulates economic growth, provides job opportunities and poverty reduction in impoverished ... Read more 9-01-2015 || Caribbean Island Ditching Diesel in Favor of Renewable Energy Bonaire (pop. 14,500), a small island off the coast of Venezuela, is famous for its beautiful marine reefs, which are visited by 70,000 tourists every year. What many of the tourists don’t realize is that the ...Read more 9-1-01-2015 || St Kitts Breaks Ground on Another New Solar Farm St Kitts and Nevis has broken ground on another new solar farm on the island. The country is already home to a solar farm at the Robert L Bradshaw International Airport. “This development that is taking place with regard to renewable energy is this government’s way of showing that it has broken oil’s 100 percent hold on our economy,”... Read more 8-01-2015 || Energy Potential One dollar out of every three dollars of imports for the countries of CARICOM is spent on imported energy, and that is a clear indication of the potential that the region has as it relates to the development of renewable energy. That’s according to Dr. Winston Moore, lecturer in the Department of Economics of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. He added that renewable energy therefore, if ... Read more 5-01-2015 || WILD COOT: Oil vs Solar Energy While I may still be disappointed about Republic Bank taking over the Barbados National Bank, I seem to recall it was offered to them on a monetary platter. Nevertheless, all decisions made with Trinidad cannot be regretted. There was a time when fervent voices were raised right here in support of the heavenly manna of the PetroCaribe oil ... Read more 2-01-2015 || Guyana President Pledges to Complete Hydro Power Project GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Described as Guyana’s largest and most ambitious project to date, the Amaila Falls Hydro Power (AFHP) project is closer to becoming a reality, President Donald Ramotar revealed on Wednesday during his annual New Year’s address to the nation. He announced that “Norway has transferred ... Read more
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BE IN THE KNOW ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE 30-01-2015 || UK almost doubled solar PV capacity in 2014, reached almost 5 GW at the end of 2014 Official Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) figures out on January 29th, 2015 show that solar electricity generation in the United Kingdom almost doubled over the course of last year, with almost 5 GW of capacity at the end of 2014 up from 2.8 GW at the end of ... Read more
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29-01-2015 || Caribbean Youth Ready to Lead on Climate Issues “Notwithstanding our minor contribution to this global problem we are taking a proactive approach, guided by the recognition of our vulnerability and the tremendous responsibility to safeguard the future of our people.” – Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran Knights recalled his first week in Trinidad, when he returned to his apartment to find “the television was floating, the refrigerator was floating and all my clothes were...Read more 28-01-2015 ||St.Lucia Hosts Two Critical Climate Change Conferences The Ministry of Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology in St Lucia, the OECS Commission and the High Level Support Mechanism are hosting two important meetings on Climate Change this week at the Bay Gardens Hotel in Rodney Bay. The first meeting, which concluded yesterday, brought together senior climate change ... Read more 28-01-2015 || Solar PV expected to account for the highest percentage of total capacity additions New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (Mountain View, California, U.S.) forecasts the global installed capacity of renewable energy to more than double from 1,566 gigawatts (GW) in 2012 to reach 3,203 GW in 2025 at an average annual growth rate of 5.7 percent. According to Frost & Sullivan’s “Annual Renewable Energy Outlook 2014” ... Read more
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28-01-2015 || The Caribbean Must Develop a Green Economy Energy Policy Consultant at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Joseph Williams, believes the Caribbean must move faster towards greater renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Delivering the feature address at Green Energy Day at the Energy Conference in Port of Spain, Williams said Caribbean countries are not poor in ...Read more 26-01-2015|| Missing From Latin America’s Green Energy Policies: Cooperation Johanna Mendelson Forman: With the greenest energy matrix in the world, mainly due to the extensive use of hydropower, South America, Central America and the Caribbean have all been expanding their capacity to generate electricity from wind and solar. Wind ...Read more 22 -01-2015 || Homeowners Showing Interest in Green Energy Even with the economic downturn, Barbadians continue to strive to own their homes. This is according to Senior Marketing Manager at Scotiabank, Lisa Cole, who believes that next month’s Real Estate Expo speaks to something very Barbadian – that desire to own ‘a piece of the rock’. One of the developments in the home ownership ... Read more 12-01-2015 || New finance-charity hybrid aims to make affordable housing greener Many people still think of green technologies as costly. But some US nonprofits are working to tap the benefits of energy-efficiency technologies for the poor. In Wisconsin, nonprofit Habitat for ... Read more 6-01-2015|| ODPEM Launches Earthquake Awareness Month KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has designated January Earthquake Awareness Month under the theme ‘Community Strengthening and Awareness… the Recipe for Building Earthquake Resilience’ as the agency...Read more 5-01-2015 || World’s Largest Tidal Energy Power plant (269 turbines) to begin construction in Scotland The MeyGen tidal project in Scotland will be the largest tidal power plant in the world once operational. Atlantis, the Australian company that is building it has just received the green light from the ... Read more 5-01-2015 || St Mary Police Trained in Environmental laws Environmental enforcement in St Mary has been bolstered with the recent training of 40 police officers from 11 police stations in the parish through efforts by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA). The officers were trained in environmental laws such as the Beach Control Act, Wildlife Protection Act, Endangered ... Read more
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5-10-2015 ||This Caribbean Island is Growing New Coral Reefs. Here’s How The threats facing coral reefs in the Caribbean are not new - neither is the reality of their dwindling numbers. But one island is doing something to save them: by growing new coral. Through its Coral... Read more 02-01-2015 || China’s Three Gorges Dam ‘Breaks World Hydropower Record’ Beijing (AFP) - China’s Three Gorges dam has broken the world record for annual hydroelectric power production, more than a decade after it became the world’s largest power plant, its operator said. The amount of electricity generated by the Three Gorges plant is roughly ... Read more
Platts Annual Caribbean Energy Conference 2015
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El San Juan Resort &Casino,
January 29-30, 2015
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sponsorship Opportunities Are you a market leader or looking to become one? The Platts 15th Annual Caribbean Energy Conference consistently attracts an audience of senior-level experts and decision-makers in the Electric Power and Fuel industries. Our attendees and speakers come to learn, network, and find answers to their pressing problems. Sponsorship at Platts 15th Annual Caribbean Energy Conference offers you valuable, proven opportunities to: •
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decisions Platts offers a variety of sponsorship opportunities to fit your marketing and business-to-business needs. Please contact Lorne Grout, Business Development Manager, at 781-430-2112 or email him atlorne. grout@platts.com for more information. Mark Your Calendar! Don’t miss this opportunity to interact with leaders in the Caribbean power sector. Benefit from earing the details of progress made in project development and lessons learned.
Argus Australia and Global LNG Markets 2015 New Pricing Paradigm www.argusmedia.com/ausglng 11 March 2014 The fourth annual Argus Australia and Global LNG Markets 2015 conference examines the impact of changing supply and demand fundamentals on the global LNG market and the Australian east coast domestic gas market. It looks at shifting pricing paradigms, as the LNG market grapples with new supply contracts linked to the US Henry Hub, consumer pressure to move away from the oil index and the challenges of developing liquid gas hubs in Asia. Top reasons to attend the Argus Australia and Global LNG Markets 2015 1. One day of content intensive hot updates on the Australian east coast gas market 2. Meet with an international expert speaker panel to gain insights into the latest market activities 3. Have personalised discussions with market leaders and understand the strategies that their companies use. Conference Highlights Include: •
Key drivers in global LNG spot markets
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Outlook for Gladstone spot supplies
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Falling oil prices – what do these mean for future LNG export projects globally?
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Asia and the push away from oil-indexed LNG pricing
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Henry Hub pricing and its impact on Australian LNG
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Examining China’s growth potential - what does the Russia - China pipeline deal mean for Australian
LNG projects?
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LNG netback versus hub gas - which new Australian east coast gas pricing paradigm will prevail?
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Building liquidity and developing a forward curve in east coast gas markets
Conference Speakers: •
Rod Duke, Vice-President Downstream, GLNG
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Chandra Dev Singh, Head of Derivatives - Risk Management, International Trade, Bharat Petroleum
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Geoffrey Cann, Consulting National Director, Oil and Gas, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
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Ryuta Kitamura, Assistant General Manager Sydney, Jogmec
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Darren Foulds, Origination Manager, GDF Suez Australian Energy
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David Hewitt, Oil and Gas Analyst, Credit Suisse
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Rod J Johannessen, General Manager Strategy and Service Delivery, APA Group
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Ross Lambie, Senior Economist/Gas Markets Manager, Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics
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Peter Geers, Executive General Manager, Markets, Australian Energy Market Operator
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Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Research Fellow, Kapsarc
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Fiona Poynter, Vice-President, LNG Asia-Pacific, Argus
For Registration and more details, please contact Ashrafe Hanifar at: ashrafe.hanifar@argusmedia.com / asiaconferences@argusmedia.com / Tel: +65 6496 9977
4th International GREENBUILD BANGLADESH
Bangladesh | India | Singapore Events / March 2015 THE GREENBUILD BANGLADESH EXPO has evolved into one of the most influential trade events for the construction industry. This is the only fair in Bangladesh where every spectrum of the Renewable Energy and Lighting industry is showcased. With exhibits ranging from signage to lighting, display to applications, chips to packaging and equipment to components, the fair offers the most comprehensive one-stop GREENBUILDING sourcing platform
BUSINESS NETWORKING DINNER | GEGES 2015 Summit Title : GEGES POWERCON 2015; An international energy business forum Date: March 12, 2015 | 0730pm – 0930pm Host: ExpoNet Exhibition & POWER CELL| Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Chaired by : Engr. Mr. Mohammad Hossain, Director General, POWER CELL | Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Bangladesh
Summit Title : GEGES BUILDCON 2015;An international Infrastructure business forum Date : March 13, 2015 | 0730pm – 0930pm Host : ExpoNet Exhibition & Department of Architecture Chaired by : Mr. Md. Ahsanul Haque Khan, Chief Architect Department of Architecture | Ministry of Housing and Public Works Bangladesh Exhibition focuses on: Energy Efficient Machinery & Machine Tools; Solar PV Technology;