Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP) : project evaluation : summary report

Abstract

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) comprises a total of 15 very heterogeneous member states (Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago). Apart from Haiti, electrification rates in the CARICOM member states range between 80 and 100% (2015), however, power supply depends heavily on fossil fuels, with oil-based fuels accounting for more than 90% of commercial energy consumption. The thrust of the project was therefore also in harmony with the fundamental BMZ orientation in renewable energies and energy efficiency, the priority area for regional development cooperation, which aims to contribute to more sustainable power generation and consumption in the Caribbean through the development and implementation of regional development policies.