Sustainable Energy Roadmaps
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 | Climate & Energy Director |  | Caribbean Project Manager |
 | Central American Project Manager |  | Research Associate |
 | Research Associate |  | MAP Sustainable Energy Fellow |
 | Central America Fellow |  | Staff Researcher |
 | With massive amounts of untapped renewable energy and energy efficiency potential hidden within the burgeoning economies of developing countries across the world, Worldwatch Institute’s low-carbon development strategies project provides nations with advice on crafting policies that unlock these potentials and establish effective deployment strategies. Worldwatch will initially focus on the Caribbean and Central American regions and then extend the approach to other municipalities, provinces, and countries elsewhere. |
| About Sustainable Energy Roadmaps | |||
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Transitioning from a carbon-intensive economy to a low-carbon future presents challenges and opportunities for developing countries. Our Sustainable Energy Roadmaps help countries successfully navigate the change to an infrastructure capable of meeting the energy challenges of the 21st century. Our approach involves examining a country’s renewable resources potential for renewable energy production such as wind, solar, small hydropower and biomass. We also analyze existing energy infrastructure to identify the potential for, and hurdles to, increased efficiency and energy storage. This technical analysis also allows us to catalog the grid enhancement and extension that increased use of renewable energy could require. At the same time, we look at the current socio-economic and policy environments to identify barriers to low-carbon development and rely on international best practices to suggest how they can be overcome. Equally important, we analyze funding options that might be available from private, public, and multilateral institutions to help bring renewable energy projects into being. The project strengthens government and civil society capacity, enhances stakeholder engagement, and advances policies that combat climate change. By collaborating with local stakeholders in each country, Worldwatch produces concrete Low-Carbon Energy Roadmaps that empower them to reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports, local pollution, greenhouse gases, and long-term energy costs. At the same time, the roadmaps lead to new business opportunities and high quality jobs. | |||
| READ MORE: CARIBBEAN | CENTRAL AMERICA | RETURN TO CLIMATE & ENERGY | ||
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 | Roadmap to a Sustainable Energy System: Harnessing the Dominican Republic's Wind and Solar Resources October 2011 | Spanish Translation |
 | Sustaianble Energy Roadmaps: Guiding the Global Shift to Domestic Renewables Report #187 | March 2012 |
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| Climate & Energy Launches Official Sustainable Energy Roadmap for the Dominican Republic | Read more | Report | |
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| President of the National Energy Commission of the Dominican Republic Enrique Ramirez presents Worldwatch's Sustainable Energy Roadmaps | |
| Matt Lucky discusses wind potential in Haiti | |
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 | Central America Comes Together on the Way Forward for Renewables Worldwatch and INCAE present key findings from their Sustainable Energy Roadmap for Central America at the Enegry and Environment Partnership's 21st Regional Forum. |
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With Chavez gone, what will become of his PetroCaribe program? |
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Jamaican Poultry Producer Not Chicken About Solar Investment In Jamaica, one private enterprise isn't waiting for the government to take meaningful action on renewable energy. |
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Jamaica's Electricity Wheeling Program Must Include Solar and Wind Power The country's new energy wheeling program provides a new way to distribute electricity across the island. |
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Opportunity Knocks: Reforming the Dominican Republic's Energy Sector Three steps to address the Dominican Republic's floundering energy sector. |
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El Salvador: The "Land of Volcanoes" and Geothermal Energy With a thriving industry, this small Central American country is poised to become a global geothermal leader. |
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Jamaica: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back Unhelpful government policies are off-setting the progress that has been made towards ambitious energy goals. |
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