Energy Resources
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 November 2010: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has formalized a US$400,000 grant to pave the way for the preparation of the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS).
The money will be used to finance a consultancy to assist in developing the C-SERMS, including the following tasks: defining a strategic and targeted regional approach to increase the contribution of renewable energy, energy efficiency and bioenergy in the energy mix; setting achievable targets (...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
November 2010: The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has published the fourth issue of its magazine, “Making It: Industry for Development,” with the theme “On track to prosperity?” The issue focuses on the challenge facing the world’s 49 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), particularly the importance of strengthening productive capacity, and it attempts to define the issues faced by these countries and to identify the solutions. The magazine includes articles on: helping LDCs,...
katharina
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28 Oct 2011
This project sought to remove barriers to Renewable Energy (RE) use in the Caribbean, through specific actions to overcome policy, finance, capacity, and awareness barriers, estimating the contribution of renewable energy sources to the Region’s energy balance to be significantly increased. It sought to further provide the opportunity to replace existing fossil fuel-based decentralized electricity generation with RE based generation plants or to provide electricity to areas not yet covered. The...
Beth
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12 Aug 2011
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‘The Pacific Islands region has notched up consistently significant achievements in the renewable energy space in the past few years. It is on these that the region needs to build on. So far, it has been fairly successful in attracting funding for small sustainable energy projects with reports of their success appearing in the regional media quite regularly’
Over the past decade, increased global awareness of issues related to climate change and sea level rise has brought their...
Beth
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09 Aug 2011
Developing renewable and environmentally friendly energy is the central focus of the government's energy policy in the form of the National Energy Policy Framework. The Framework was endorsed by the Cabinet in 2007.
The energy sector in the Solomon Islands continues to be dominated by fossil fuel use, with more than 4 million litres imported on average per month. Approximately 60% of this import level is consumed in power generation by the national electricity authority, SIEA, or by...
