Topic: GreenTech Solar

A new scheme will offer bank financing for rooftop solar installations in an effort to accelerate Cayman’s renewable energy drive.

As Tropical Storm Grace lashed Grand Cayman on 18 Aug., electricity across the island went out, leaving most residents to sit out the strong winds and rain in homes with no lights and no air conditioning. But at a handful of homes, when the CUC power blinked off, Tesla Powerwall batteries snapped into action in a fraction of a second.

Uncertainty remains over the extent to which Consumer Owned Renewable Energy (CORE) will play in Cayman’s National Energy Policy’s 2030 target, which calls for 70 percent of the country’s power to be provided through renewable energy.

The future of residential rooftop solar in the Cayman Islands is under threat amid claims that regulatory missteps are causing job losses and harming the islands’ chances of meeting the goals of its National Energy Policy.

James Whittaker is one of the 21 people who can help make Cayman more sustainable in 2021.

The Caribbean Utilities Company has halted its residential renewable energy programme, which allowed customers to sell solar-generated energy back to the power company at a subsidised rate.

A Cayman Islands renewable energy company has been working in the Bahamas to provide emergency power to field hospitals in remote areas.

The road is open to everyone for the Triple C School’s annual 5K Walk/Run.

A Cayman Islands solar company has signed a US$20 million deal to bring renewable energy to a small Caribbean island. The catch is, it’s not Grand Cayman.