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EFFECTIVE CORPORATE
COMMUNICATIONS:
A Powerful Resource in
the Renewable Energy
(RE) Transition
By Karen Piper
Communications and Disaster Management, Assistant Manager at CARILEC
enewable Energy (RE) has been termed as jobs . In the Caribbean context, most countries
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the fastest-growing energy source in the disproportionately depend on imported fossil fuels
United States, having increased by 100% for electricity generation. Currently, petrol products
R within just under two decades (between still account for over 80% of the Caribbean’s primary
2000 to 2018) . Also noteworthy is that in 2019, RE energy consumption. A large share of its power
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jobs soared to 11.5 million globally, led by solar generation stems from fossil fuel imports, exposing
photovoltaic (PV), recording approximately 3.9 million the region particularly to fluctuations in global
1 Centre for Climate and Energy Solutions, Renewable Energy (2020)
2 International Renewable Energy Agency, Renewable Energy Jobs Continue Growth to 11.5 million Worldwide (2020)
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