Time ripe for renewable energies here – Canadian envoy

Canadian High Commissioner Nicole Giles delivering the keynote address at the Georgetown Chamber and Commerce’s Annual Dinner and Awards on Thursday evening.

Canadian High Com-missioner Nicole Giles on Thursday evening said that the time was ripe for diversity in Guyana’s energy profile as it would reduce reliance on imports of fossil fuels and help to guarantee the country’s energy security

Giles’ remarks come at a time when there is growing concern in Georgetown about whether the grim economic situation in Venezuela will bring an end to the PetroCaribe concessional fuel programme on which Guyana has depended for many years.

Delivering the keynote address at the Georgetown Chamber and Commerce’s Annual Dinner and Awards, on Thursday evening, Giles’