Topic: Solar farm

The Cayman Islands should meet all of its electricity demands from renewable sources by 2050, according to an ambitious new draft of the National Energy Plan.

BMR Energy has acquired a 5-megawatt solar plant in Bodden Town from Entropy Cayman. The plant is the only commercial-scale solar facility on island.

Construction has stopped on the 20,000 panel, $1.4 million solar farm on nearly 22 acres east of Bodden Town because of financial problems, delaying commissioning until at least next spring.

Last week, Cayman took important steps on its journey to integrate renewable energy into our current fossil-fuel-only model.

Entropy Cayman Solar broke ground Monday on Cayman’s first solar farm, scheduled for an October commissioning, supplying 5 megawatts of electricity to the Caribbean Utilities Company and the national grid.