Last Updated Nov 10, 2018 Monica La Bennett, Vice-President (Operations) at the CDB delivering the keynote address at the Blue Economy Caribbean event, held in Miami on November 6, 2020. (Caribbean Development Bank Press Release)– The Caribbean could transform its energy sector and diversify economic activity by exploring marine...
Renewable Energy
New Technologies in the Ocean Energy Sector
by European Commission Joint Research Centre Ocean energy technologies. Credit: EU, 2018 While the ocean energy sector is still at an early stage of development, a new report analyses ten future emerging technologies to generate energy from the ocean tides and waves. An integrated systems approach is necessary for their...
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) makes use of the temperature differences between the deep cold and relatively warmer surface waters of the ocean to generate a constant, clean source of electricity. This constancy differs from the output of renewable resources such as wind and wave energy that sometimes...
Art Contest Highlights Environment Threats, Need For Recycling
Two students look on as Sandals Foundation Ambassador Ian Spencer (fifth left) presents a laptop computer and digital projector screen to teachers of the Barracks Road Primary School, winner of the Montego Bay Region of the Sandals Foundation Recycled Art Competition. Ten schools in Jamaica, Grenada and Antigua showed...
St Joseph’s Infant expanding Solar system
St Joseph’s Infant School is no stranger to renewable energy initiatives and the institution is yet again raising the bar. The Duke Street-based school won a 3KW photo-voltaic (PV) system along with installation courtesy of Appliance Traders Limited’s (ATL’s) ‘Go Green’ competition for early childhood institutions in 2017, but through Principal...