Challenges and Opportunities for the Energy Sector in the Eastern Caribbean: Achieving an Unrealized Potential

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Date issued
Nov 2016
Subject
Sustainable Energy;
Energy Policy;
Fossil Fuel;
Waste-to-Energy;
Energy Supply;
Energy Efficiency;
Geothermal Power;
Energy Resource;
Energy Generation;
Technical Cooperation;
Hydropower;
Electricity Service;
Electricity Generation
JEL code
Q41 - Demand and Supply • Prices;
Q42 - Alternative Energy Sources;
Q55 - Technological Innovation
Country
Barbados
Category
Technical Notes
This paper focuses on how the Eastern Caribbean can achieve its unrealized sustainable energy potential, where: "Eastern Caribbean" means Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and "Sustainable energy" means economically viable renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) projects that displace fossil fuel-based electricity.