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Contents 3 Editorial Foreword

30th Anniversary Edition
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Renewable Energy Development
9 A New Era for Energy Utilities
in the Caribbean:
Benefits of Stable Policy and Regulation
12 Resiliency and Redundancy in the
Electricity Sector – At What Cost?
16 Climate Change Financing:
The Breakthrough for the Caribbean’s
Sustainable Energy Transition?
20 Overcoming the Challenges of
Integrating DER on Island Networks
24 The 9 Key Elements of Safety Excellence
27 How Does Lower Solar PV Pricing
Impact the Caribbean?
29 Is There a Limit to the Reach of Turbines?
34 Framework for Renewable
Waste-to-Energy (WtE)
37 Innovative New Live Line Tool
and Framing Designs
43 Critical Facilities: Where Government
& Utility Services Redefine Resilience
48 The Development of a Polychlorinated
Biphenyl (PCB’s) Management System
in Order to Protect the Environment
and Human Health
51 How Comprehensive Diesel Engine Analysis
Improves Performance and Reliability
65 Considerations for Electric Vehicle Adoption
CARILEC 70 in Small Island Developing States
Assessment of the Performance of

An Association of Electric Energy Solution Providers Solar Energy Installations in Curaçao

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Mrs. Alana Raymond, Marketing and designer, owner of Creative One, for her efficiency and
Member Services Manager, for re-branding and reviving innovation in bringing this publication to life. Ms. Barbara
the Industry Journal after four years of dormancy and her Jacobs-Small, our Communications Consultant, and
overall direction of this 30th Anniversary Edition of the Director of Right Angle Imaging, for her conceptualization
Journal under the renewed name: Caribbean Electric (CE) of the new Journal name and overall guidance. Lastly, we
Industry Journal. We thank Mr. Andrew Thorington, thank our Authors for their expert paper contributions,
Technical Services Manager, for his role in vetting and and patience through the submission, approval and
sequencing the papers submitted by our authors, and Ms. launch process. Their work in the electric energy industry
Nakita Dusauzay, IT Administrator/Desktop Publisher, for and willingness to share insights, experience and
assistance with the digital coordination of the Journal knowledge will auger well for the continued development
papers that allowed us to collaborate in one space for of the people of the Caribbean region.
ease of workflow. Mrs. Shelley-Ann Harding, our graphic
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