Caribbean Regional Electricity Supply Options : Toward Greater Security, Renewables and Resilience

The Caribbean region continues to be plagued by high and volatile fuel prices, with limited economies of scale or diversity in electricity supply. Although several studies have examined alternative resource options for the region, they often only c...

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Main Authors:	Gerner, Franz, Hansen, Megan
Format:	Energy Study
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY AIR AIR EMISSIONS AIR POLLUTANTS ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALTERNATIVE FUEL APPROACH AVAILABILITY BARREL BIOMASS BIOMASS POWER BIOMASS POWER GENERATION BIOMASS RESOURCES BOILER BOILERS CAPACITY FACTOR CAPACITY FACTORS CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSIONS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLOUD COVER CLOUDS CO2 COAL COAL PLANTS COAL POWER PLANTS COAL TRANSPORTATION COGENERATION COLORS COMBUSTION COMBUSTION TURBINES COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS COST OF COAL COST OF ELECTRICITY COSTS OF ELECTRICITY CRUDE OIL DELIVERY OF GAS DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DESALINATION DIESEL DIESEL FUELS DIESEL GENERATORS DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC UTILITY ELECTRICAL POWER ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY COSTS ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TARIFFS EMISSION END-USE ENERGY CONVERSION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ENERGY MARKETS ENERGY MIX ENERGY NEEDS ENERGY PLANNING ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY RESOURCES ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUPPLY ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS FOREST FOREST MANAGEMENT FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL FUEL COST FUEL COSTS FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL MIX FUEL OILS FUEL PRICES FUEL SAVINGS FUEL STORAGE FUEL SUPPLY FUEL TYPE FUELS GAS AND ELECTRICITY GAS COMPANY GAS COMPRESSOR GAS DEMAND GAS DEMANDS GAS PIPELINE COMPANY GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS GAS PIPELINES GAS SUPPLIERS GAS SUPPLIES GAS SUPPLY GAS TURBINE GAS TURBINES GASIFICATION GASOLINE GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY GEOTHERMAL ENERGY GEOTHERMAL PLANT GEOTHERMAL POWER GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL POLLUTANTS GRID RELIABILITY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEAT HEAT RATE HEAVY FUEL OIL HURRICANES HYDRO POWER HYDRO RESOURCES HYDROPOWER HYDROPOWER PLANT IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPORT TERMINALS INCOME KILOWATT-HOUR LANDFILL LANDFILL DISPOSAL LANDFILL GAS LANDFILL SITES LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS LIQUID FUELS LNG LNG TERMINAL LOAD SHEDDING LOW-CARBON MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE NATIONAL GAS NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL GAS NATURAL GAS PIPELINE NEW PLANTS NITROGEN NITROGEN OXIDE NOX OIL PRICES OIL PRODUCTS PEAK DEMAND PETROLEUM PETROLEUM COKE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PHOTOVOLTAICS PIPELINE PIPELINE SYSTEM POLLUTION POWER CABLES POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION INDUSTRY POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER PRICES POWER PRODUCERS POWER SYSTEM POWER SYSTEMS PRIVATE FINANCING PRIVATE PARTY PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC UTILITIES RAINFALL REFINED PRODUCTS REFINERIES REFINERY RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY RENEWABLE GENERATION RENEWABLE RESOURCES RENEWABLE SOURCES RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES SECURITY OF ENERGY SUPPLY SEISMIC EVENT SHIPS SOLAR POWER SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES SOLAR THERMAL SOLID FUELS SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SOX STEAM TURBINE STEAM TURBINES STORAGE FACILITIES STORAGE FACILITY SULFUR SULFUR OXIDE SUNLIGHT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARIFF LEVELS TEMPERATURE THERMAL ENERGY TIDAL POWER TRANSMISSION LINES UTILITIES UTILITY-SCALE VERTICAL AXIS VESSELS WASTE WIND WIND ENERGY WIND FARM WIND FARMS WIND POWER WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT WIND TURBINE WIND TURBINES WINDS
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