Catalogue Download
Live Chat Help

Our Links

www.streetlights-solar.com
Share |

The great opportunities for Caribbean people to Use green new energy

Caribbean people must recognize opportunities; implement change, so that they reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The challenge is from the Minister responsible for natural resources and public facilities on Nevis question. Carlisle Powell, when he reported recently in technical cooperation for renewable energy and energy efficiency of the framework - strategies in the European Union - view - Latin America and the Caribbean Forum in Berlin. He said the high price of fossil fuels and pressure because it is the Caribbean people must recognize that energy efficiency should not be just a word.
Mr. Powell pointed to Peru which had 96 percent of its street lights powered by solar energy, however, Nevis which had sunshine almost every day of the year did not have a single solar street light.
He called for greater support from Peru and other Latin American states to assist its Caribbean neighbors with the technology and support necessary to replace the island’s conventional street lights to solar street lights.
He called for greater support from Peru and other Latin American states to assist its Caribbean neighbors with the technology and support necessary to replace the island’s conventional street lights to solar street lights.
The Minister also pointed to the need for financial resources to properly capitalize projects citing that in the absence of grant or low interest funds the small island states would find it difficult to provide counterpart funding for numerous studies.
“In many instances, as we look for counterpart funding, the time between the presentation of projects and actual funding result in the escalation of the cost of the project way beyond the original estimate. Another area that severely hampers us is the challenge of providing guarantees. How do we move projects forward when lenders demand guarantees in various forms and when the cost of providing guarantees paralyses us?” he questioned.
The Minister also addressed the need for technical competence to oversee project implementation; Interconnection and Education.
With these great efforts, it is possible for us to save more energy with solar street lights. We are getting nearer to our goal of sustainable energy project.

Prev: Solar street lights lighting the east     Next: Solar outdoor lights