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Energy Snapshot - Trinidad and Tobago

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape of Trinidad and Tobago, a two-island nation located off the coast of Venezuela. Trinidad and Tobago's electricity rates are some of the lowest in the Caribbean at approximately $0.05 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), well below the regional average of $0.34/kWh.

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Energy Snapshot – Puerto Rico

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico - a U.S. territory located about 60 miles east of the Dominican Republic and directly west of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

44 EE - Strategic Programs, Energy Transition Init↗

Energy Snapshot - St. Kitts and Nevis

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape of the Federation of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis - two islands located in the Leeward Islands in the West Indies.

44 EE - Strategic Programs, Energy Transition Init↗

Energy Snapshot – Turks and Caicos

This profile presents a snapshot of the electricity generation and reduction technologies available to Turks and Caicos - a British overseas territory consisting of two groups of islands located southeast of the Bahamas.

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Energy Snapshot - Dominica

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape of the Commonwealth of Dominica, an island nation located southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles.

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Energy Snapshot - Anguilla

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape of Anguilla, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean.

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Energy Snapshot - Suriname

This is a snapshot of the energy landscape of Suriname, a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west and Brazil to the south.

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Energy Snapshot - Curacao

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape of Curacao, an autonomous member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located off the coast of Venezuela. Curacao's residential utility rates are approximately $0.35 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Rates are calculated on usage.

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Energy Snapshot - Bonaire

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape of Bonaire, a special municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located off the coast of Venezuela. Bonaire’s utility rates are approximately $0.22 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), plus fixed use monthly charges that are based upon connection capacity.

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Energy Snapshot - Montserrat

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape of Montserrat, a British overseas territory located in the northern half of the Lesser Antilles.

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Energy Snapshot - Martinique

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape of Martinique, an insular region of France located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea.

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Energy Snapshot - Guyana

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape for Guyana, a country on the northern mainland of South America that is culturally tied to the Caribbean. In the Nationally Determined Contributions, Guyana has committed to develop a mix of wind, solar, biomass and hydro-power to supply both demand of the national grid and the energy requirements for towns and villages in Guyana’s hinterland. Guyana has set an ambitious target of achieving close to 100% renewable energy in the power sector by 2025.

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Energy Snapshot - Guadeloupe

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape of Guadeloupe, an overseas region of France located in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Guadeloupe has set a target to achieve 100% energy independence by 2030. As of 2018, 21% of Guadeloupe's electricity was generated by renewable energy.

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Energy Snapshot - Aruba

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape of Aruba, an autonomous member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located off the coast of Venezuela.

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Energy Snapshot - Guadeloupe

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape of Guadeloupe, an overseas region of France located in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Guadeloupe has set a target to achieve 100% energy independence by 2030. As of 2018, 21% of Guadeloupe's electricity was generated by renewable energy.

44 EE - Strategic Programs, Energy Transition Init↗

Energy Snapshot - Dominican Republic

This profile provides a snapshot of the energy landscape of the Dominican Republic, a Caribbean nation that shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti to the west.

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Energy Snapshot - St. Lucia

This profile provides a snapshot of the electricity capacity and generation profile of Saint Lucia, one of six Caribbean countries that make up the Windward Islands - the southern arc of the Lesser Antilles chain - at the eastern end of the Caribbean Sea.

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Hurricanes alter 10 Be concentrations in tropical river sediment but do not change regional erosion rate estimates

Tropical islands, including many in island arcs, are subjected to recurring disturbances from extreme storms such as tropical cyclones. To test whether such storms influence cosmogenic nuclide concentrations such that they do not reflect long-term rates of erosion, we measured meteoric and in situ 10Be in river sediment samples from Dominica, an andesitic island in the Caribbean, before and after category five Hurricane Maria (2017). Populations of before- and after-storm concentrations are statistically indistinguishable (n=7 pairs for in situ 10 Be, n=11 pairs for meteoric 10 Be). 10 Be concentrations vary from -138% to +73% within before-after sample pairs relative to the mean of the pair. These new data suggest that the effects of extreme storms on the depth and amount of near-surface erosion on Dominica vary spatially. Our data support calculations of Niemi, et al. (2005) and Yanites, et al. (2009) suggesting that basin-by-basin comparisons of erosion rates based on cosmogenic nuclides should be approached with caution in small (<~100 km 2 ) watersheds affected by mass movements and extreme storms. Erosion rates determined from in situ 10Be in Dominica (geometric mean=0.102 mm y-1, n=12) are low compared to similarly steep and wet areas globally and correlate positively with the spatial density of mass movements.

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