The present report assesses the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
In the study, the Artificial Neural Network [...]
An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in the Caribbean
May 22nd, 2013 
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May 16th, 2013 Admin: Donna By amaloney
With an average daily production of 1000 barrels per day of crude oil and an estimated daily consumption of 9000 barrels per day, Barbados is a net importer of petroleum products. This leaves a shortfall for which the Government must use critical foreign exchange to purchase oil on the international market.
Since the onset of the [...]
Posted in Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Energy Efficiency, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago Comments OffBusinessmen learn about the benefits of biomass
May 8th, 2013 Admin: Donna Written by Clifford Stanley
BIOMASS energy is energy that is derived from the use of biological sources such as manure, industrial waste such as sugar cane stalk fibre (bagasse) from sugar factories, sawdust from sawmills, rice husk from rice mills and landfill garbage as a source of electrical power.
Biomass is a renewable energy resource that can [...]
Posted in Carbon Market, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management, Guyana, Official Blog Comments OffCARICOM gets help from Japan to develop environment policy
April 27th, 2013 Admin: Donna GEORGETOWN, Guyana — A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) environmental policy and action programme is being developed with the assistance of the government of Japan.
With financing from the Japan-CARICOM Friendship and Cooperation Fund (JCFCF), a regional, integrated policy to ensure protection of the environment and the natural resources will be developed to address selected environmental themes and [...]
Guyana committed to full-fledged implementation of Guyana/Norway climate pact– President assures new Norwegian Ambassador
April 25th, 2013 Admin: Donna Georgetown, GINA, April 25, 2013
The Norwegian Government regards Guyana’s revolutionary Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) as a mechanism of hope for the partnership needed to promote the safeguard of the global climate for the future.
The Government of Norway at present holds a historic forest climate services agreement with Guyana that has seen remittances of up [...]
Guyana to receive US$45 million more from Norway for carbon credits
January 3rd, 2013 Admin: Donna GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Thursday, January 3, 2013 – While Carbon trading continues to be a controversial arrangement in some parts of the globe for Guyana it is bringing in significant sums of money through its ongoing arrangement with the Norwegian government.
Guyana has been approved to receive an additional US$45 million from the government of Norway for its [...]
Guyana Hits Paydirt on Low Carbon Development Path
December 26th, 2012 Admin: Donna ROSEAU, Dominica, Dec 26 2012 (IPS) - Imagine Guyana and Dominica without forests and rivers, or Antigua, Barbados and St. Lucia without beaches.
Atherton Martin, a conservationist and former minister of agriculture in Dominica, says climate change should be forcing Caribbean countries to take a hard look at how they are managing their natural resources, lest they [...]
Guyana Seeks to Shield Gold Miners from Mercury Ban
November 27th, 2012 Admin: Donna GEORGETOWN (IPS) — As regional delegates meet to discuss a legally binding ban on the use of mercury this week, Guyanese officials are arguing that an exception should be made for the South American country’s lucrative gold mining sector until an acceptable alternative is found.
Since world gold prices began to surge in the last five-plus [...]
Guyana’s ‘s private sector measuring energy efficiency
November 13th, 2012 Admin: Donna The electricity efficiency of several Guyanese companies is being measured as part of a project being funded by the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) and the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), the private sector organisation said Tuesday.
The GMSA says Jamaican energy expert, Eaton Haughton is visiting the five pilot companies that are participating in [...]
China Signs $506 Million Agreement to Build Guyana Hydro Plant
September 13th, 2012 Admin: Donna A $506 million contract was signed this week by a Chinese state-owned company to build the planned hydro power plant at Amaila Falls.
The engineering procurement and construction agreement was signed in China Monday, and the project should begin by 2013, according to Guyana’s government.
At full capacity, the plant is projected to supply 165 megawatts of [...]
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