Progress report for
CCREEE - Strategic Plan 2021 - 2023
Achievement at a glance
Project finished on 30 June 2024. Improved access to climate resilient, sustainable and affordable energy for the people in the Caribbean region, through a transformation of the energy landscape and the development and advancement of a renewable energy and energy efficiency (RE&EE) agenda.Next Steps
Gabriela König-JusufiBeneficiaries
The 15 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States with its over 18 million people were the key beneficiaries of the activities of the Centre. Non-CARICOM Member States and Overseas Territories could opt-in to become members.
Actions
- Establish CCREE as CARICOM Energy Knowledge Hub, leveraging existing resources to ensure stakeholders make full use of currently available information services and sources, including setting up a Community of Practice to support peer-to-peer learning and collaboration- Develop a Project Preparation Facility providing technical and financial support to design bankable sustainable energy projects across the region
- Create an Energy Modelling and Renewable Energy Integration Virtual Laboratory for training and research in several topics of interest concerning energy systems performance and modelling
- Construct a CCREEE Residence and Visitor Centre as a net zero energy building, which will serve as a sustainable building showcase and education centre in the region
- Establish an Emergency Response Mechanism, containing the procurement of electric marine vessels which can be deployed immediately to provide emergency power services and water in case of extreme weather events, and the creation of a robust information management system to inform resilience strategies and action plans
- Launch Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Centres with mini-grids featuring innovative applications of sustainable energy and climate technologies, e.g. rainwater harvesting and wastewater treatment, on-site renewable energy generation and distribution to neighbouring communities, households and other facilities through a micro-grid