Like most other island nations in the Caribbean, Grenada depends disproportionately on imported oil products to meet its energy needs. Recent small-scale efforts have met with limited success in diversifying energy by tapping into local renewable energy resources. A new publication on Grenada provides detailed information about the country’s energy mix, and we will break down … [Read more...] about The Promise of Renewables in Grenada
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Lessons from Haiti on Using Sustainable Energy to Increase Access
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Over the Rainbow Somewhere out there
Most countries in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) confront problems with low education quality in their remote regions. Low education quality is brought on by insufficiently trained teachers, poor learning outcomes exemplified by below average examination scores (see for example regional Caribbean examination results in mathematics and language on www.cxc.org), and issues of … [Read more...] about Over the Rainbow Somewhere out there
A new Caribbean energy future is needed today
by Christopher Barton and Lumas Kendrick There is an inseparable linkage between the fiscal crisis confronting the Caribbean Region and the reality of paying some of the world’s highest per capita energy costs. The countries in the region are encumbered with the necessity to import increasingly expensive oil products for transportation and electricity generation. Covering the … [Read more...] about A new Caribbean energy future is needed today