Gerner, FranzHansen, Megan2012-03-192012-03-192011-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2738The Caribbean region continues to be plagued by high and volatile fuel prices, with limited economies of scale or diversity in electricity supply. Although several studies have examined alternative resource options for the region, they often only consider solutions for individual countries in isolation. When one looks at the Caribbean, however, it is apparent that the short distances between islands and market sizes present opportunities to benefit from regional solutions. Indeed, increasing interconnection in the Caribbean could pave the way for greater energy security, a larger use of renewable and enhanced climate resilience. The idea of regional interconnections is not new: gas pipelines are widely used to interconnect gas supply with gas demand, and electricity market interconnections have become the norm around the world. However, this option does not appear to have received the attention it merits in the specific context of the Caribbean. While this study analyzes a small subset of the imaginable regional energy options for the Caribbean, it shows that regional solutions warrant further study. This synthesis report builds from the technical report that the World Bank commissioned from Nexant, entitled-Caribbean regional electricity generation, interconnection, and fuels supply strategy. It analyzes a range of regional options. Although further analysis is required, the hope is that this synthesis report will help to fuel the conversation about interconnected development pathways for the Caribbean.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYAIRAIR EMISSIONSAIR POLLUTANTSALTERNATIVE ENERGYALTERNATIVE FUELAPPROACHAVAILABILITYBARRELBIOMASSBIOMASS POWERBIOMASS POWER GENERATIONBIOMASS RESOURCESBOILERBOILERSCAPACITY FACTORCAPACITY FACTORSCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON EMISSIONSCATASTROPHIC FAILURECLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONCLOUD COVERCLOUDSCO2COALCOAL PLANTSCOAL POWER PLANTSCOAL TRANSPORTATIONCOGENERATIONCOLORSCOMBUSTIONCOMBUSTION TURBINESCOMPRESSED NATURAL GASCOST OF COALCOST OF ELECTRICITYCOSTS OF ELECTRICITYCRUDE OILDELIVERY OF GASDEMAND FOR ELECTRICITYDESALINATIONDIESELDIESEL FUELSDIESEL GENERATORSDISTRIBUTION NETWORKSDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC UTILITYELECTRICAL POWERELECTRICAL POWER GENERATIONELECTRICITYELECTRICITY COSTSELECTRICITY DEMANDELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY TARIFFSEMISSIONEND-USEENERGY CONVERSIONENERGY DEMANDENERGY DEVELOPMENTENERGY INFRASTRUCTUREENERGY MARKETSENERGY MIXENERGY NEEDSENERGY PLANNINGENERGY PRODUCTIONENERGY RESOURCESENERGY SAVINGSENERGY SECURITYENERGY SOURCESENERGY SUPPLYENVIRONMENTAL COSTSENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIESENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDSFORESTFOREST MANAGEMENTFOSSILFOSSIL FUELFOSSIL FUELSFUELFUEL COSTFUEL COSTSFUEL EFFICIENCYFUEL MIXFUEL OILSFUEL PRICESFUEL SAVINGSFUEL STORAGEFUEL SUPPLYFUEL TYPEFUELSGAS AND ELECTRICITYGAS COMPANYGAS COMPRESSORGAS DEMANDGAS DEMANDSGAS PIPELINE COMPANYGAS PIPELINE SYSTEMSGAS PIPELINESGAS SUPPLIERSGAS SUPPLIESGAS SUPPLYGAS TURBINEGAS TURBINESGASIFICATIONGASOLINEGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGEOTHERMAL ACTIVITYGEOTHERMAL ENERGYGEOTHERMAL PLANTGEOTHERMAL POWERGEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTGEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTSGEOTHERMAL PROJECTSGEOTHERMAL RESOURCEGEOTHERMAL RESOURCESGEOTHERMAL SYSTEMSGLOBAL POLLUTANTSGRID RELIABILITYGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEATHEAT RATEHEAVY FUEL OILHURRICANESHYDRO POWERHYDRO RESOURCESHYDROPOWERHYDROPOWER PLANTIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPORT TERMINALSINCOMEKILOWATT-HOURLANDFILLLANDFILL DISPOSALLANDFILL GASLANDFILL SITESLIQUEFIED NATURAL GASLIQUID FUELSLNGLNG TERMINALLOAD SHEDDINGLOW-CARBONMUNICIPAL SOLID WASTENATIONAL GASNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL GASNATURAL GAS PIPELINENEW PLANTSNITROGENNITROGEN OXIDENOXOIL PRICESOIL PRODUCTSPEAK DEMANDPETROLEUMPETROLEUM COKEPETROLEUM PRODUCTSPHOTOVOLTAICSPIPELINEPIPELINE SYSTEMPOLLUTIONPOWER CABLESPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GENERATION INDUSTRYPOWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGIESPOWER PLANTPOWER PLANTSPOWER PRICESPOWER PRODUCERSPOWER SYSTEMPOWER SYSTEMSPRIVATE FINANCINGPRIVATE PARTYPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENTPUBLIC UTILITIESRAINFALLREFINED PRODUCTSREFINERIESREFINERYRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENTRENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIALRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCESRENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIESRENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGYRENEWABLE GENERATIONRENEWABLE RESOURCESRENEWABLE SOURCESRENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIESSECURITY OF ENERGY SUPPLYSEISMIC EVENTSHIPSSOLAR POWERSOLAR TECHNOLOGIESSOLAR THERMALSOLID FUELSSOLID WASTE DISPOSALSOXSTEAM TURBINESTEAM TURBINESSTORAGE FACILITIESSTORAGE FACILITYSULFURSULFUR OXIDESUNLIGHTSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTARIFF LEVELSTEMPERATURETHERMAL ENERGYTIDAL POWERTRANSMISSION LINESUTILITIESUTILITY-SCALEVERTICAL AXISVESSELSWASTEWINDWIND ENERGYWIND FARMWIND FARMSWIND POWERWIND POWER DEVELOPMENTWIND TURBINEWIND TURBINESWINDSWorld Bank10.1596/2738