The Caricom Secretariat recently held discussions with the German Government about a four-year project valued over 5M Euros aimed at moving the Region towards renewable energy technologies.
Representatives of member states and key stakeholders in the Community’s energy sector are charting the way forward for a renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) project funded by the German Government through its Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Society for International Cooperation) (GIZ). In a press statement issued on Tuesday, the Caricom Secretariat said the Caricom-German Government Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technical Assistance (REETA) Project will explore the use of solar energy, wind power, bio-energy and hydropower for energy cost savings