Although oil production is just starting in Guyana, the Government of Guyana is well aware that fossil fuels are a finite resource and do not last forever. It therefore continues to take a strategic approach to the development of a sustainable and cleaner energy sector, and the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) is considering energy efficiency measurements as a tool for strengthening energy security, securing a long-term reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and increasing revenue and cost savings. With the support of the Regional Observatory on Sustainable Energies (ROSE), GEA has built a database of energy efficiency indicators that allows for...
Offshore wind—harvested by turbines anchored in the ocean - can provide a large scale, affordable renewable energy source allowing the shift away from coal and fossil-based power in many regions by 2050. The transition to more renewable energy would allow climate change mitigation, energy security, reducing the dependency on fossil fuel imports, local air pollution, and creating new jobs. The Rising Tide of Offshore Wind is in a series of publications by the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group.
.png)
A significant benefit of floating solar is that it doesn’t take up valuable space on land - meaning that it can be used for other purposes, such as farming or construction. Installing floating solar farms on bodies of water, such as reservoirs, avoids this issue. Hydropower reservoirs alone cover a surface of more than 250 thousand square kilometers worldwide - enough to host enough floating solar capacity to produce 2.5 times the electricity produced by all the underlying hydropower capacity. As the technology develops, the costs and technical challenges are expected to fall. Demand for floating solar power will also...
Battery technology is evolving at a breathtaking pace. As performance improves and costs fall, batteries are already critical for consumer electronics, such as mobile phones, and are paving the way for the electric vehicle market. The battery revolution doesn’t end there. Battery systems are also transforming intermittent renewable energy - such as solar and wind - by making them much more financially attractive. Investors are taking notice. But while the versatility of batteries makes them attractive, it is difficult to determine their economic value. Understanding where and why batteries are most successful remains challenging, as each situation is different based...
The recent advances in battery technology and reductions in battery costs have brought battery energy storage systems (BESS) to the point of becoming increasingly cost-effective projects to serve a range of power sector interventions, especially when combined with PV and where diesel is the alternative, or where subsidies or incentives are used. Quantifying the economic impact of BESS requires a high level of temporal granularity in the analysis, because the time-steps required for a reliable assessment of costs and benefits are much shorter than the usual annual time steps of many power sector investment projects. In short, there is as...
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the next 30 years will critically depend upon urban land use and infrastructure development actions taken across multiple sectors (buildings, energy, transportation, water-sanitation, and waste) in global cities. Integrated urban planning addresses a multiplicity of urban sustainability objectives (e.g., economy, environment, inclusivity, and resilience) (GPSC, World Bank 2018), including cross-sectoral and cross-scale linkages (Ramaswami et al. 2016) and connection of physical planning with social, cultural, behavior, and policy dimensions. The objective of this report is to review the state of knowledge (science) and the state of practice (models actually used by cities for...
The 2018 Energy Report Card for St. Vincent and the Grenadines provides an overview of energy sector performance and includes energy efficiency, projects, technical assistance, workforce, training and capacity building information, subject to the availability of data. Key Words: ERC, Energy Report Card
The 2018 Energy Report Card for Saint Lucia provides an overview of energy sector performance and includes energy efficiency, projects, technical assistance, workforce, training and capacity building information, subject to the availability of data. Key Words: ERC, Energy Report Card
The 2018 Energy Report Card for The Bahamas provides an overview of energy sector performance and includes energy efficiency, projects, technical assistance, workforce, training and capacity building information, subject to the availability of data. Key Words: ERC, Energy Report Card
The 2018 Energy Report Card for Antigua and Barbuda provides an overview of energy sector performance and includes energy efficiency, projects, technical assistance, workforce, training and capacity building information, subject to the availability of data. Key Words: ERC, Energy Report Card
Trinity Business Centre
Country Road
St. Michael, BB11081
Bridgetown
Barbados
Tel: +1 246 537-7333
Email: info@ccreee.org
