The eighth Caribbean Sustainable Power Discussion board (CSEF 8) to be held in Jamaica subsequent month will prioritise sustainable vitality’s pivotal function in powering transportation within the area.
Powering Transport is the theme of the discussion board, which is hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat and the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Power and Power Effectivity (CCREEE), with monetary help from the Caribbean Growth Financial institution (CDB), the Jamaica Electrical Car Affiliation, and the Inter-American Growth Financial institution (IDB).
Roughly 200 vitality consultants, policymakers and representatives of the personal sector are anticipated to attend this flagship CARICOM Power Month 2023 occasion on the AC Resort Marriott in Kingston, Jamaica, November 7–9.
Precedence areas for dialogue in the course of the three-day occasion embrace electrifying the Caribbean, electrifying the transport sector, decarbonising difficult-to-electrify segments of the transport sector and integrating electrical automobiles into energy distribution networks.
A number of vitality ministers from throughout the area are anticipated to convene in Jamaica for the discussions. Amongst them can be Melford Nicholas, Minister of Data Communications Applied sciences and Utilities and Power, Antigua and Barbuda; Rodwell Ferguson, Minister of Youth, Sports activities and Transport, Belize; Dr Vince Henderson, Minister for Overseas Affairs, Worldwide Enterprise, Commerce and Power, Dominica; Kerryne James, Minister for Local weather Resilience, the Setting and Renewable Power, Grenada; Stephenson King, Senior Minister for Power and Transport, St Lucia; Konris Maynard, Minister of Public Infrastructure and Utilities, Transport, Data, Communication and Expertise and Posts, St Kitts and Nevis; and Senator Benarva Browne, Minister of City Growth, Power, Seaports, Grenadines Affairs and Native Authorities, St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Different high-level audio system at CSEF 8 will embrace Prof. Arthorous Zervos, President of the Renewable Power Coverage Community for the twenty first Century (REN21), famous for his experience in coverage, science, analysis, and know-how throughout the renewable vitality sector; Therese Turner-Jones, Director of Initiatives, CDB; Mr. Anton Edmunds, Common Supervisor, Nation Division Caribbean Group and Nation Consultant in Jamaica, IDB; and different representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat, the CCREEE and the United Nations Growth Programme.
Host and speaker Dr. James Fletcher, Chair of the CCREEE Government Board and former Minister of Power and Local weather Change, St Lucia, stated he welcomed the participation and enthusiasm of all of the nations and senior-level individuals within the vitality sector taking part in CSEF 8. “The participation on this yr’s CSEF and the broader CARICOM Power Month occasions exhibit the basic function vitality performs within the improvement and prosperity of our societies. Power Month within the Caribbean reminds us that the vitality sector isn’t nearly energy; it’s about empowerment. It’s the important thing to sustainability, financial progress, and a brighter future for our individuals.”
Discussion board attendees will even have the chance to see renewable vitality programs at work in Jamaica first-hand, with website visits deliberate for the Wigton Windfarm and the JPS Operations Centre on the ultimate day.
Co-host and enterprise session moderator Joseph Cox, Assistant Secretary-Common on the CARICOM Secretariat, harassed that there’s widespread political dedication and management to transition to inexperienced vitality throughout all Member States. He added that because the Caribbean has a number of the highest electrical energy charges globally, “transitioning just isn’t a normative very best however an crucial. Nonetheless, due to the prices of the brand new know-how and the fact that each one our nations are at totally different levels of improvement, the tempo of implementation would range. Due to this fact, we have to discover more cost effective options to encourage widespread inexperienced vitality adoption in our quest to chop our greenhouse gasoline emissions to as near zero as attainable by 2050.”
The upcoming CSEF is the primary full discussion board in 5 years. It comes at an important time for the area, as there’s an pressing want for vitality independence, clear and resilient energy grids and sustainable vitality use within the transport sector. The final CSEF was held in Barbados in 2021 and was a hybrid occasion because of COVID-19 restrictions.
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