Grenada to host renewable energy workshop

By Michelle Nurse Last updated Nov 30, 2014

A renewable energy workshop sponsored by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) will be held in Grenada on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Representatives from both public and private sectors have been invited to participate and contribute valuable insights on issues surrounding renewable energy deployment in Grenada.

The workshop is an outcome of a European Union funded project entitled ‘Frameworks, Policies and Instruments for Mobilising Renewable Energy in the Caribbean.’ The main target countries are Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and St Kitts and Nevis. A primary objective is to facilitate a sustainable private-sector driven renewable energy sector.

The workshop will present a number of constructive deliverables such as a technology assessment tool, which is an online calculator to assist the private sector in sizing and costing renewable energy systems to meet their energy needs and a financing database to source critical financing needed for renewable energy projects. Policymakers will also have access to information tools which can assist in analysis of renewable energy programmes.