SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS - LGGE - "Promoting EE and RE in Buildings in Jamaica"

Project Documentary - LGGE - "Promoting EE and RE in Buildings in Jamaica"

A Discussion on the CARICOM Regional Energy Efficiency Building Code (CREEBC)

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.

Z Churchill Norbert – Presentation on the CREEBC

C Schenk – Presentation on Energy Efficiency Building Design- A Global Perspective

A Prospere – Presentation on LEED in the Caribbean

Warranties for Battery Energy Storage Systems in Developing Countries

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...

Deploying Storage for Power Systems in Developing Countries : Policy and Regulatory Considerations

This report provides a brief overview of the role of energy storage against the background of current trends in power systems with a particular emphasis on developing countries. It introduces the different ways in which storage can help meet policy objectives and overcome technical challenges in the power sector, it provides guidance on how to determine the value of storage solutions from a system perspective, and discusses relevant aspects of policy, market and regulatory frameworks to facilitate storage deployment. The document is intended to highlight relevant issues, provide guidance to policymakers and regulators in this relatively new area and identify...

Energy Storage Partnership (ESP) - Fact Sheet

Energy transitions are underway in many countries, with a significant global increase in the use of wind and solar power playing a key role. To integrate renewable resources into grids, energy storage will be key. Storage will allow for the increased use of wind and solar power, which can not only increase access to power in developing countries, but also increase the resilience of energy systems. Energy storage solutions can also improve grid reliability, stability, and power quality which are essential to promoting the productive uses of energy. This brief on energy storage partnership focuses on its performance as of...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Geothermal Power Production

Geothermal power production may result in significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions from geothermal power production, mostly in the form of CO2, are generally low in comparison to traditional base load thermal energy power generation. However, as the geothermal sector has expanded, a wider range of geothermal resources have been brought into exploitation, including geothermal systems with relatively high GHG concentrations in the reservoir fluid. Recent data from Italy (Mt. Amiata) and a number of sites in Turkey show that GHG emissions from geothermal power plants can be higher than 500 g/kWh and in some cases higher than 1000...