The Renewable Energy Islands Index for the Caribbean was launched at the recently concluded 2012 Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum. The Index measures readiness to develop and implement renewable energy projects. The Overall Score is derived from scores on: Enabling environment for renewable energy investments Renewable energy projects already implemented Pipeline of potential renewable energy projects [...]
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The challenges and successes of greening a Caribbean regatta
Sailors for the Sea reports on what the organizers of the recently held St. Maarten Heineken Regatta have been doing to make the Regatta cleaner and greener: [T]he best part of [the event] for us at Sailors for the Sea has been watching the regatta step up their Clean Regattas certification to the Silver level [...]
Renewable energy is “the number one priority” for the British Virgin Islands
Minister of Communications and Work, Mr. Mark Vanterpool, has declared that renewable energy is the government’s top priority for the British Virgin Islands: Minister of Communications and Works Mark Vanterpool said renewable energy is the number one priority for his government and has called on the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) to support this agenda. Vanterpool [...]
British Virgin Islands National Parks Trust celebrates 50 years of conservation
The British Virgin Islands National Parks Trust was established 50 years ago. The Trust’s golden anniversary and prospects for the future were subjects of a recent editorial in the BVI Beacon: The National Parks Trust’s 50th anniversary is an opportune time to recognise the organisation’s many accomplishments while recommitting to expanding and improving upon them. [...]
British Virgin Islanders campaign for renewable energy
And in the last item of renewable energy news for the day, residents of the British Virgin Islands are petitioning for an end to legislation that discourages the use of alternative energy: The BVI is blessed with abundant sunshine and trade winds. We want to use these to produce our own clean energy so that [...]
Youth in the BVI continue to teach about environmental awareness and responsibility
The British Virgin Islands branch of the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) continues to work to raise environmental awareness in the Islands: [On June 14] the Caribbean Youth Environment Network, BVI Chapter (CYEN-BVI) [participated] in the annual Conservation and Fisheries Department’s Parade for the Planet under the theme Forests: Nature at Your Service. … Throughout [...]
Environmental profiling in the British Virgin Islands
The Island Resources Foundation (IRF) has secured funding, through the United Kingdom’s Overseas Territories Environment Programme, to prepare environmental profiles of the islands of Virgin Gorda and Anegada. The BVI Beacon reports: First, Jost Van Dyke got one. Now, Virgin Gorda and Anegada will get one, too. The Governor’s Office announced last week that the [...]
Time for the British Virgin Islands to “get serious” about alternative energy
An editorial from the British Virgin Islands Beacon declares that it’s time for the islands to get serious about green energy: It is high time for the Virgin Islands to start switching to alternative energy. Already, the territory is being left behind by many of its Caribbean neighbours. The VI is ripe for green options [...]
