CARIBBEAN STATES LOOK TO GREEN POWER TO UNDERPIN THEIR ENERGY SECURITY
July 1st, 2009
BY JAMES FULLER
SMALL island states are always vulnerable in energy sustainability terms, but the growth in renewable energy technologies is giving them a better shot at security of supply. The Caribbean is a case in point, where green energy technologies are being explored across the region. Even oil and gas rich Trinidad & Tobago, which could in theory thumb its nose at alternative energy, has recently launched a national Renewable Energy Committee (REC), charged with helping this twin-island state move away from dependence on the fossil fuels which have ...
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