Transforming Urban Mobility Course

2-part course, 9 weeks, exploring the impacts of motorization, current unsustainable travel patterns, and the framework for changing to sustainable urban mobility. The course can be accessed via Transforming Urban Mobility Course. The course is offered by TUMI (Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative), who is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in collaboration with all TUMI partners.

Transport for inclusive development: defining a path for Latin America and the Caribbean

Transport for Inclusive Development: Defining a Path for Latin America and the Caribbean discusses the role that transport often plays in deepening social disadvantage and poverty, on the one hand, and its potential, on the other, to break the cycle of poverty and inequality through investments and policies that better consider the needs of poor and socially excluded groups. Keywords: Transport, Social Inclusion, Development, Latin America, Caribbean Click to download: Transport-for-Inclusive-Development-Defining-a-Path-for-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-1

Trinidad and Tobago Draft Renewable Energy Policy

Turbines of the Caribbean - Decarbonising Suriname's electricity mix through hydro-supported integration of wind power

This journal article explores the potential for increasing the share of renewables in Suriname’s electricity mix, with a special focus on the complementary role of existing hydropower and future wind power infrastructure. The article demonstrates that wind and hydro resources have great synergetic potential for displacing fossil fuel-based power generation.. The results presented in the article have relevance for climate policy in various Caribbean countries and other island states with existing hydropower infrastructure and substantial wind/solar power potential, for which this study fills an important literature gap.

Using Forecasting Systems to Reduce Cost and Improve Dispatch of Variable Renewable Energy

This technical guide is the fourth in a series of four technical guides on variable renewable energy (VRE) grid integration produced by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the World Bank and the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (GSEP). It provides guidance on the role and benefits of forecasting as a cost-effective operational solution to manage the uncertainty of VRE generation and facilitate the integration of larger shares of these resources in the energy mix. The guide focuses primarily on the types of forecasting methods and how physical and statistical models are used for developing short- to long-term forecasts....

Using the Hydropower Sustainability Tools in World Bank Group Client Countries : Lessons Learned and Recommendations

The Hydropower Sustainability Tools (HSTs) are a suite of assessment tools and guidance documents developed by a multi-stakeholder forum, aimed at driving continuous improvement in hydropower development and operations. They are useful beyond their original purpose as audit tools and can be used in World Bank Group (WBG) client countries to build capacity for sustainable hydropower. The environmental, social, and governance topics addressed by the HSTs are deliberately aligned with WBG frameworks, which provides opportunities for the tools to be used as complements to World Bank Group standards, including to help clients meet WBG requirements and support WBG staff in...

Utility-Scale Solar PV Micro-Economics

Virtual Labs – Green Energy: Energy Consumption Analysis for CSEC, CAPE and CVQ

The CCREEE has partnered with the Caribbean Examinations Council to produce educational resources related to energy, energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. The Virtual Lab Energy Energy Consumption Analysis for CSEC, CAPE and CVQ relates to CAPE Building and Mechanical Engineering Drawing Unit 1,  Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology Unit 2,and Environmental Science Unit 2, CSEC Industrial Technology (Core) and Technical Drawing and CVQ Electrical Installation Level 1 and General Construction Level 1. To access the CXC® Learning Hub Virtual Labs, go to https://learninghub.cxc.org/content/course/5005/lesson/9510/content/38727/content_type/regularand create an account or sign in if you already have an account.

Virtual Labs – Green Energy: Energy Identify and Quantify Different Energy Sources For a Home for CSEC, CAPE and CVQ

The CCREEE has partnered with the Caribbean Examinations Council to produce educational resources related to energy, energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. The Virtual Lab Energy Identify and Quantify Different Energy Sources For a Home relates to CAPE Building and Mechanical Engineering Drawing Unit 1,  Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology Unit 2,and Environmental Science Unit 2, CSEC Industrial Technology (Core) and Technical Drawing and CVQ Electrical Installation Level 1 and General Construction Level 1. To access the CXC® Learning Hub Virtual Labs, go to https://learninghub.cxc.org/ and create an account or sign in if you already have an account.

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...