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Clean Energy Campaign
Working toward a greener, cleaner and healthier BVI
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ENERGY in the BVI
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• Expensive• Unreliable• 100% Imported• Emissions
Problems
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Oil Spills at Pockwood Pond
• 2009: 2000 gallons of diesel spilled• 2004: 200 gallons of oil spilled - more than
5,250 feet of coastline affected - numerous dead marine species found.
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1978 electricity law restricted renewable
energy
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Solutions
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Government initiatives• Legislation was amended March 2015• Comprehensive campaign to reduce energy
consumption – LED’s & solar street lights• Working on renewable energy regulations to
promote grid tie• Solar water heaters and solar air
conditioners encouraged
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Best practice in the BVI
Peter Island
• 70% of its power through wind turbines
Cooper Island
• 70% of power through solar panels• Goal of 95% using wind & solar
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Green VI’s role
1. Advocate for renewable energy 2. Establish Partnerships3. Education and Awareness4. Demonstration projects5. Watchdog
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What has Green VI done?
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1: Advocacy
Petition • 1500 signatures• hard and electronic copies
Draft legislation• Harneys drafted subsidiary regulations (pro bono)• Handed over to Government Feb 2012• Harneys offered to assist government with amendment (pro-bono)• New legislation was approved March 2015
Clean Energy Campaign
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Petition comments• “No more Natures Little Secret if nature is
destroyed. Understand WHY people come there and preserve the beauty...learn from industrialized nations what they have ruined!”
• “One of the best situated places in the world for renewable energy”
• “As regular visitors to these beautiful islands we would love to see as much done as possible to preserve the the natural beauty of the BVI.”
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Petition comments ….
Green Energy Is Da Way To Go!!
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2. Establish Parnerships
Government
Schools
Non Profit Organisation
Business community
Broader community
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Established Partners
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3: Education &
awareness
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• Educate the community about climate change • Link to international awareness raising events
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Adverts run by partners
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Adverts run by partners
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4. Demonstration projects
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Green VI’s Glass Studio
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Used veggie oil becomes biofuel
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Using biofuel to create art
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Energy audits conducted for 3 schools
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School retrofitted with LED lights
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What’s next?
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1.Green VI Advocacy in 2016
• Hand over incentive recommendations to encourage cost effectiveness of renewables
• Partner with BVIEC to develop grid tie regulations and procedures
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2.Establish new partnerships
North Sound
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Sewage & organics becomeenergy
3. DemonstrationAnaerobic Digester
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4. Demonstration Grid Tie Pilot for School
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5.Watchdog• Amend current legislation that restricts the
implementation of renewable energy
• Support educational and awareness programmes
• Set targets for clean renewable energy for the BVI
• Exempt clean, renewable energy technologies from import and customs duties
• Permit and support grid tie pilot projects based on solar, wind & anaerobic digestion
• Create an economically viable model for clean, renewable energy that can include rebates, tax incentives, feed in tariffs and/ or net metering
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What do the next generation say?
• Movie Grade 5