The Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) and the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) hosted a webinar titled, What's in it for me: A Discussion on the CARICOM Regional Energy Efficiency Building Code (CREEBC). This webinar especially targeted architects, the construction and building sector and, new and prospective homeowners.
In developing countries, battery storage is becoming a viable way to increase system flexibility and enable more integration of variable renewable energy. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) respond rapidly to control signals, are easy to deploy, and are benefiting from cost reduction trends. New battery technologies have valuable attributes that are well suited to the needs of developing countries. However, they have a rather short track record in terms of deployment and operation, and this can hamper efforts to reassure buyers and investors that these new technologies will perform reliably over their project life. Conditions found in some developing countries...
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