By David Gumbs, James Fletcher & Justin Locke The global economy is on lockdown and the predictions are staggering. And, there is one regional economy where the long-term realities of the coronavirus are already clear: The Caribbean. Over the past three decades, nearly every economy in the region transformed to depend on tourism, and today […]
St. Kitts and Nevis has signed a Sector Budget Support Programme with the European Union for 5 million euros (EC$15.437M) aimed at supporting the country in advancing towards energy self-sufficiency from local renewable energy sources. The overall objective of the programme is to develop a sustainable energy sector through the increased integration of renewable energy […]
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, February 27th, 2019 – The Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) announced today the launch of its new website, www.carilec.org . Key features of the new website include a more modern and engaging user friendly experience with a Live Chat feature, an interactive live news update, an interactive photo-gallery, a live event […]
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 2, 2018-The Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) in collaboration with the Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (BLPC) will co-host the 2018 Chief Executive Officers & Leadership Conference on May 20-23 at the Hilton Barbados Resort, under the theme: “Leadership in an Age of Disruption – Managing the 3D’s: Digitalisation. […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, FEB. 21, 2018, GIS: The Government of Grenada, in close coordination with international consultants engaged under the World Bank-sponsored ECERA Project, conducted a comprehensive review of the electricity sector on the island. The result of two years’ worth of consultations with leading figures in the industry is the new Electricity Supply […]
Barbados has received 1.12 million euros (BBD$2.7M) from the European Union towards the advancement of energy self-sufficiency from renewable resources. This is the first payment of a total contribution of 3 million euros. This activity is in line with the country’s commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of reducing its total […]
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia, October 20th, 2017– The CARILEC Disaster Assistance Programme (CDAP) for disaster relief and electricity restoration has been in full action during the very active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. Thus far the Secretariat has coordinated the deployment of ninety-six (96) linemen, which is a record amount of line-workers being deployed under the programme […]
MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)— Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson and CEO of BMR Energy Bruce Levy will meet this week with energy industry and government leaders from across the Caribbean to discuss renewable energy development following the recent hurricanes in the region. The destructive impacts of Hurricanes Irma and Maria have been felt across the Caribbean […]
Wednesday, 4 October 2017: Grenada Electricity Services (Grenlec) has embarked on an exercise to update its customer mapping information. The Company uses customer mapping along with other geographic information systems to respond faster to requests for service. To this end, Grenlec team members are currently in the field conducting a house to house audit of […]
