FLORIDA, CMC -Caribbean international locations will likely be represented on the three-day seventeenth annual Caribbean Renewable Vitality Discussion board (CREF), which begins right here on Could 7.
The CREF stated the discussion board is the “largest gathering of the regional vitality market on the annual calendar,” with greater than 25 Caribbean international locations represented.
“Merely put, the convention represents the market, the total ecosystem of stakeholders,” CREF stated, including the discussion board is exclusive when it comes to its “measurement and the seniority and breadth of its members.”
The discussion board is predicted to draw greater than 500 delegates from 40 international locations and can start with an interactive workshop hosted by the World Financial institution titled “Unlocking the Caribbean’s Renewable Vitality Potential.”
The organizers stated a number of subjects are driving this yr’s discussion board, together with vitality independence in a time of geopolitical uncertainty; future-focused utilities, together with renewables capability, battery storage, and capital expenditure technique; attracting and successfully deploying influence funding; addressing regulatory, operational, and monetary boundaries; and nationwide vitality methods.
Bermuda, which has since introduced plans to attain 85 % renewable vitality technology by 2035, will likely be represented on the Miami convention by its Dwelling Affairs Minister, Alexa Lightbourne, who will deal with Bermuda’s “built-in strategy to vitality reform.”
“This discussion board offers a useful alternative for Bermuda to contribute to and study from regional counterparts as we strengthen our path in direction of a simply vitality transition, one which balances innovation with inclusion, stated Lightbourne, who would be the featured speaker within the CREF Ministerial: Various Pathways to Vitality Transition within the Caribbean panel.
Different Caribbean audio system will embody Nevis Premier Mark Brantley, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Minister of City Improvement Benarva Browne, the Minister of Vitality within the Bahamas, Jobeth Lillian Coleby-Davis, Grenada’s Surroundings and Vitality Renewable Minister Kerryne James and the Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM) local weather envoy, Dr. James Fletcher.
