Why the Caribbean Needs to Go Green
Above: a wind farm in Nevis (CJ Photo) By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor NO, THE FOCUS of the following is not going to be on the impending doom of global climate change and the peril that island nations will […]
Jamaica and Japan Sign Agreement on Energy, Mining Cooperation
Above: Jamaica PM Portia Simpson Miller By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller’s official visit to Japan last week yielded a cooperation agreement between the two countries on areas including energy and mineral resources development. Simpson […]
A New Way For Trinidad and Jamaica to Work Together
By Paul Hay CJ Contributor William Demas, former Head of the Economic and Planning Division of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, compared the five-year national plans of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) in his book The Economics of […]
News OAS Urges Caribbean Nations to Explore Green Energy
Above: a solar panel By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean needs to improve collaboration to promote the use of green technology in the region, according to Organization of American States Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin. The OAS ASG, who […]
Haiti, United States Talk Energy
Above: the energy talks in Port-au-Prince (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe chaired talks with US officials and multilateral partners this week aimed at developing solutions to restructure the country’s troubled energy sector. […]
A Bio-Energy Future in Guyana?
Above: Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Could bio-energy be a major way forward for energy production in Guyana? The country’s government has officially opened a bioethanol demonstration plant in Albion, and says there is potential for a bio-energy production […]
News Trinidad, Guatemala Talk Energy
Above; Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Guatemala Energy Minister Erick Archila Dehesa and Trinidad Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine recently held talks on potential business cooperation between the two countries. Dehesa said Guatemala was “keen” on […]
Trinidad "Ready to Partner" With Uganda on Energy Sector
Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad stands “ready to partner” with Uganda as that country seeks to develop its oil and gas sector, according to Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine. The Minister held talks this […]
Trinidad, China Talk Energy
Above: Trinidad Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine met last week with Chinese officials to discuss the establishment of direct trade of liquefied natural gas. Ramnarine’s talks with Zhang Yuqing, […]