Works Minister Mark Vanterpool. *File photo
Claiming that many residents are still ‘crying out’ against relatively high electricity bills, Communications Minister Mark Vanterpool has reaffirmed the government’s push towards renewable energy sources.
Renewable energy sources, including the sun and wind, can be continually replenished and are said to be cheaper and more environmentally friendly than fuel.
The fuel, [...]
Gov’t promises cheaper bills as it intensifies push towards renewable energy
May 22nd, 2013 
Admin: Donna JPS, ATL PARTNER ON ENERGY-SAVING RETAIL PRODUCTS
May 22nd, 2013 Admin: Donna THE Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and appliance giants Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) have partnered to provide energy-saving products and services to customers.
The partnership, which was sealed in a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday, will see ATL extending its distribution of alternative and energy-efficient products through the JPS’s eStore.
ATL Group CEO and Deputy Chairman Adam Stewart presents President and CEO of the JPS Kelly Tomblin with a bag of [...]
Solar Energy Pilot Project For Schools This September
May 20th, 2013 Admin: Donna Education Minister, Ronald Thwaites. – File
Jerome Reynolds, Staff Reporter
The Government is installing solar electricity in schools as part of efforts to cut energy bills.
Education Minister Ronald Thwaites has indicated that a pilot project is to begin this September.
Speaking at a post Sectoral Debate press conference last week Thwaites stressed that the Government is spending billions per annum [...]
Jamaica Education Ministry To Introduce Solar Systems In Schools
May 17th, 2013 Admin: Donna KINGSTON,(JIS): The Ministry of Education has announced the introduction of solar energy systems in schools in a bid to reduce the estimated J$6 billion per annum in utility costs for schools.
Pilots for this initiative are expected to begin in several schools come September, Education Minister, Ronald Thwaites, informed on May 16 at a post-Sectoral Debate [...]
UK government moving ahead with funding of geothermal and other major projects in Montserrat
May 17th, 2013 Admin: Donna By Nerissa Golden
BRADES, Montserrat (GIU) — The United Kingdom is making good on its commitment to support Montserrat’s redevelopment and move towards financial independence.
In a letter to Premier Reuben Meade, signed by Department for International Development (DfID) Minister of State, Alan Duncan, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Mark [...]
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Comments OffRegional body launches climate change project
May 16th, 2013 Admin: Donna PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The European Union has given a grant of 8.6 million euros to support a regional project to improve Caribbean food security in the context of climate change.
The project, which was being introduced and coordinated in a two-day session in Trinidad, is being conducted in four countries in the region: Belize, [...]
Posted in Barbados, Belize, Carbon Market, Environmental Management, Funding Opportunities, News, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Trinidad & Tobago Comments OffNevis to host major UNESCO environmental conference
May 15th, 2013 Admin: Donna NIA CHARLESTOWN Nevis, February 08th, 2013 – Nevis will be the venue for a two-day major conference on environmental policy. The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) based event, will be held in collaboration with the Nevis Island Administration under the theme “Supporting Environmental Policy Formulation and Planning in the Caribbean Region” from May [...]
‘Either you pay the bill and have lights, or you don’t pay the bill and you don’t’
May 13th, 2013 Admin: Donna BERMUDA. The Royal Gazette took to the streets of Hamilton to ask people what they thought of growing energy bills after it was revealed the cost of electricity rose by 2.8 percent between February and March.
All were upset by the rise, but only a handful intended to try and reduce their energy consumption.
Judith Beach said: “[The [...]
Caribbean coral reef collapse can be avoided, researchers say
May 10th, 2013 Admin: Donna Coral reefs are in decline, but their collapse can still be avoided with local and global action. That’s according to findings reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on May 9th based on an analysis that combines the latest science on reef dynamics with the latest climate models.
“People benefit by reefs having a complex [...]
Local Companies Urged to Bid for Contracts Under Energy Efficiency Project
May 9th, 2013 Admin: Donna The Government is encouraging companies, including small contractors, to bid on projects under the $2 billion public sector energy efficiency programme.
The programme, being jointly undertaken with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), seeks to improve energy efficiency in the public sector by replacing aged and inefficient equipment; retrofitting infrastructural deficiencies; and instilling behavioural change that promotes [...]
