CARICOM nationals trained at renewable energy workshop

Thirty persons from CARICOM member states were recently trained in renewable energy technologies and utilization when they participated in four technical sessions at a workshop that focused on solar cooling and heating systems, photovoltaics and wind energy.

The workshop, from May 9-11 in Bridgetown, Barbados, was titled SATIS 2012: Sustainable Alternatives for Tropical Island States, a training workshop on Renewable Energy Technologies, said a press release from the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen.

It was hosted by the Caribbean Solar Energy Society with key sponsorship provided by the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarollo (AECID) (representing the