Caribbean Islands Agree to Swap Diesel Power for Renewable Sources

Several Caribbean counties, including St. Lucia, Turks, Caicos, and the British Virgin Islands, have committed to producing energy through renewable sources over the current mode of diesel generators. Such renewable sources include wind, solar, or geothermal energy. According to Richard Branson, the Caribbean Islands have always paid extremely high electricity costs, and this renewable push will not only reduce them sharply, but help improve the quality of the region by producing cleaner energy. While experts say that the need to create renewable energy is still too expensive for the continental United States, but will strive to promote change when costs become more pragmatic.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/business/energy-environment/caribbean-islands-agree-to-swap-diesel-power-for-renewable-sources.html?action=click&module=Search&region=searchResults%230&version=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fsearch%2Fsitesearch%2F%3Faction%3Dclick%26region%3DMasthead%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26module%3DSearchSubmit%26contentCollection%3DHomepage%26t%3Dqry409%23%2Frenewable%2Benergy%2F30days%2F