Featured in The sun Down Under – 11-2012

The Caribbean warms to solar PV

Latin America: Caribbean adoption of PV seems like a foregone conclusion given high kilowatt hour prices based on imported oil. But entrenched and unprepared utilities may be the hardest sell to make a deal work.

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Charles W. Thurston

01 Nov 2012

Many of the larger islands among the 7,000 that make up the Caribbean region are warming up to photovoltaics rapidly, thanks to the cost savings compared with imported fossil fuels. While there are both benefits and challenges that arise from installing a PV plant on a small island country, the benefits prevail, say a variety …

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