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MS. ANGELIKA S. NAMDAR was appointed Coordinator of the CARICOM Regional Universities Network (RUN) on April 16th, 2021 for a period of one year.

Targeted towards the public sector, the session will feature two mechanisms within the CCREEE that support sustainable energy investment: the Project Preparation Facility’s (PPF) public sector stream and the CARICOM Energy Knowledge Hub’s (CEKH) Energy Report Cards (ERC).

The Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE’s) continues to edify regional energy professionals through a virtual capacity building session on Solar Integration.

With significant advancements planned and underway in policy, regulation, and financing for sustainable energy solutions in the Caribbean, growing the technical capacity of the region’s labour force is paramount in the transition plan to a low-carbon future.

As the global energy landscape undergoes a profound transformation, characterised primarily by a rapid growth of renewables, CARICOM member states continue to work assiduously to advance sustainable energy developments, mainstream renewable energy technologies, integrate electric vehicles into the transportation sector and transition traditional legacy systems to renewable energy systems.

The Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) is mandated to help several CARICOM member States develop and implement their respective integrated resource and resilience plans (IRRPs).

The island nation of Antigua and Barbuda is set to benefit from a Revision of its National Energy Policy (NEP), which kicked off on Friday, February 19, 2021. Not only will the revised NEP provide the framework for a greater integration of renewable energy (RE) sources in the national grid, but it will also streamline the process for RE investment approvals, encourage investment in RE demonstration projects for wind and solar sources, and increase the technical capacity of local energy institutions and energy actors to support clean energy development on the island.

As Saint Lucia races toward achieving 35% renewable energy penetration by 2025, the National Utilities Regulatory Commission (NURC) kicked off a Capacity Building Workshop series under the ‘Study for Establishing the Rates of Renewable Energy for Saint Lucia’, an energy pricing project. The six-session training series commenced on February 2nd and will conclude on February 15th.

In the past decade, Caribbean countries have endured increasingly abnormal hydro-meteorological phenomena which have decimated communities and local industries, collapsed energy infrastructure, ravaged regional budgets and laid bare the low resilience of Caribbean energy systems to climate change.

With the launch of the CARICOM Energy Policy & Regulations Help Desk, agencies across the Caribbean are confident in the support it will provide in advancing the region’s transition to renewable energy resources in the face of supply and economic challenges with imported fossil fuels.

Caribbean countries have endured increasingly abnormal hydro-meteorological phenomenons which have decimated communities and industries, collapsed energy infrastructure, ravaged regional budgets and exposed the low resilience of Caribbean energy systems to climate change.