A presentation delivered by Dr. Devon Gardner on March 6, 2017 at the Sea Water Air Conditioning in the Caribbean Workshop at the Caribbean Development Bank.

1. REGIONAL
COST-REDUCTION
STRATEGY FOR SWAC
DEVON O.NIEL GARDNER
Caribbean SWAC Workshop
6 March 2017
St. Michaels, Barbados

2. The Sixtieth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic
Development on Energy, held in Georgetown, Guyana on 11-13 January
2016, inter alia:
Endorsed a proposal for prioritization and active pursuit of a
Cost Reduction Strategy for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
(OTEC) and Seawater Air-Conditioning (SWAC)
THE BASIS FOR THE
STRATEGY

3. CARICOM BUILDING ENERGY-USE

4. Goal 1: CARICOM citizens are well aware of the importance of energy
conservation, use energy wisely and continuously pursue opportunities
for improving their use of energy, with key economic sectors embracing
eco-efficiency
Goal 2: Member States have modern energy infrastructure with
clean and secure generation capacity, ensuring that energy supplies
are reliably and affordably transported to homes, communities and
the productive sectors on a sustainable basis
Goal 3: The Region is a global example for renewable energy use,
providing secure intra-regional energy supplies at internationally
competitive prices and a small carbon footprint, capable of supporting
medium- and long- term economic growth, social development and
environmental sustainability
Goal 4: Countries have a well-defined and established governance,
institutional, legal and regulatory framework to support the future
developments in the energy sector, underpinned by high levels of
consultation and citizen participation in this sector
"Reliable, affordable, sustainable
provision of energy services
matched to the societal and
development needs of the
Caribbean Community over time,
and based on robust, diverse
energy sources and distribution
systems that utilizes appropriate
generation technologies, and
equitably provided to all sectors of
the society“
The Vision of
CARICOM Energy
CARICOM ENERGY: THE VISION & GOALS

5. THE C-SERMS PATHWAY

6. APPROPRIATE RE OPTIONS, CARICOM

7. VISIBLE & REPLICABLE
REGION-APPROPRIATE
PROJECTS
NATIONAL
STRATEGY &
ACTIONS
REGIONAL
STRATEGY
generate concrete
experiences
updates
gives orientation
drives
THE APPROACH TO THE C-SERMS

8. Documented
Renewable Resource
Potential Across All
Member States
Projected Regional
Energy Needs to 2030
Regional Targets
for Renewable
Energy
• Short-term
• Mid-term
• Long-term
Targets for
Member States
Viable Options for
SWAC
Nat’l Demand
Potential
Natl’ Resource
Assessments
Existing National
Energy Strategies
NATIONALIZING THE
REGIONAL SWAC STRATEGY

9. THE PROJECT COST MODEL

10. “Learning by waiting” v. “Learning by doing”

11. • Bathymetric Surveys
• Sonar
• LIDAR
• Sub-surface Investigations
• Geological
• Geothermical
• Geophysical
• Siting Investigations
• Demand-centres
• Infrastructure
• Land-use
THE EXPECTED ACTIONS
• SWAC
• OTEC
• Interconnection

12. National Actors
Regional
Actors
Global
Actors
HOW TO SUPPORT?

13. THE FRAMEWORK
CARICOM Energy Unit
C-SERMS Platform
CCREEE

14. The Future We Want

15. “For the things we have to learn
before we can do them,
we learn by doing them.”
-Aristotle
DR. DEVON GARDNER
Programme Manager (Energy)
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat
Turkeyen, Georgetown
GUYANA
Phone: +592-222-0001 ext. 3521
Direct: +592-222-0139
Email: devon.gardner@caricom.org
Skype: devon.gardner