Topic: solar power

Letter writer suggests more electricity in Cayman should be generated by solar panels on roofs, and over car parks and walkways.

At a recent investor briefing CUC said it would boost capex to help Cayman meet growing power demand and its ambitious renewable energy targets.

The Caribbean Utilities Company has issued a new proposal to swiftly address an urgent shortage in Cayman's power supply and to allow large-scale solar and battery projects to be considered as part of the mix.

Cayman's utilities regulator has approved a proposal by power firm CUC to add more generation capacity in a bid to avoid blackouts - but with fossil fuels rather than green energy.

Following years of pressure, a report by the utility watchdog OfReg recommending how much customers should be paid for generating solar power for national use has been released.

Utilities watchdog OfReg has approved an increase in how much owners of renewable energy systems are paid to add power to CUC's grid, following what the regulator described as "lacklustre" demand for the existing programme.

Utilities regulator OfReg has accused Cayman's monopoly power supplier, Caribbean Utilities Company, of being in breach of its licence for failing to predict and respond accordingly to growing electricity demand on Grand Cayman.

A behind-the-scenes power struggle is being waged over the future of Cayman’s energy supply. As policymakers finalise the road map to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, stark divisions remain over how that switch takes place – and who gets to be involved.

The European Union has awarded the University College of the Cayman Islands a grant of almost $1 million, which the educational facility plans to use to become a solar-powered ‘living laboratory'.

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.

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.

Utilities regulator OfReg has stood by its decision to reduce the price offered for residential solar energy and defended itself against accusations that it has moved to slowly to renew a popular renewable energy program.