Sustainable Energy Roadmaps
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 | Climate & Energy Director |  | Caribbean Project Manager |
 | Central American Project Manager |  | MAP Sustainable Energy Fellow |
 | Research Associate |  | Research Associate |
 | 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. |
| Where We Work |
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 | Sustaianble Energy Roadmaps: Guiding the Global Shift to Domestic Renewables Report #187 | March 2012 |
_0.jpg) | Powering the Low-Carbon Economy: The Once and Future Roles of Renewable Energy and Natural Gas Report #184 | December 2010 |
_1.jpg) | Report #178 | December 2008 |
| About Sustainable Energy Roadmaps |
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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. |
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| Alexander Ochs at the Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum |
| Matt Lucky discusses wind potential in Haiti |
| Interview with UNEP's Andrew Morton, Port-Au-Prince |
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 | Low-Carbon Development Strategies for the Caribbean - Working in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica to produce concrete low-carbon energy roadmaps that empower these countries to reduce their dependence on fossil fuel imports while at the same time increasing energy security; reducing energy costs, local pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions; and creating new business opportunities. SEE REPORT #187: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ROADMAPS |
| The Way Forward for Renewable Energy in Central America - Designing a unified low-carbon development strategy for Central America's SICA region through the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency maps, followed by technical, economic, and social feasibility studies for the most productive projects. The final product will include an atlas illustrating key climate and energy indicators and cost-effective low carbon projects. |
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 | Waste-to-Energy: One Solution for Health and Electrification in Haiti? Following the devastating 2010 earthquake, much of Haiti’s infrastructure was damaged or destroyed. Due largely to lack of public waste management services and sewage treatment centers, thousands of people have died and hundreds of thousands more have suffered through outbreaks of cholera. |
 | Central America: Supporting Renewable Energy Innovations that Meet Local Needs In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a robust renewable energy industry in Central America can stimulate the growth of clean energy manufacturing and help address regional problems such as an energy supply deficit, low rural electrification, and poverty. |
 | Finding Sustainable Alternatives to Large Hydropower in Central America To reduce its dependence on fossil fuel imports, Central America has embraced alternative energy in recent decades. Non-fossil fuel resources now account for 64.9 percent of electricity capacity in the region. But the largest source of this renewable energy—hydropower—cannot only be considered clean energy. |
 | Solar Panels Installed at the National Energy Commission Headquarters in the Dominican Republic In November of 2011 a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy project began construction on the roof of the National Energy Commission headquarters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The solar PV energy project was completed in January 2012. |
 | Jamaica Undertakes Large-Scale Energy Efficiency and and Conservation Project In 2008, Jamaica's energy intensity index was ranked 47th in the world. So in 2011, the government set a target of reducing public sector energy consumption 5 percent below the 2010 level by 2015, mainly through public sector efficiency improvements. |
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