OECS Energy Issues and Options Report (ESMAP)

This study evaluates the current energy situation in the OECS member states and identifies selected investment options and policy issues for new energy projects. The emphasis of the study is on large energy systems and ways to link one of more of the OECS countries. Complementary smaller-scale systems, in the form of wind, are also considered. This study is not intended to be an exhaustive survey either of each OECS member country or of all possible energy technologies for the OECS countries. Rather, it is intended to address the key energy-economy interaction in the electricity sector and to assess potential new supply investments. A key issue in this study is how to bring some of the benefits of larger scale, more efficient power generation technology to these small island systems.

This study evaluates the current energy situation in the OECS member states and identifies selected investment options and policy issues for new energy projects. The emphasis of the study is on large energy systems and ways to link one of more of the OECS countries. Complementary smaller-scale systems, in the form of wind, are also considered. This study is not intended to be an exhaustive survey either of each OECS member country or of all possible energy technologies for the OECS countries. Rather, it is intended to address the key energy-economy interaction in the electricity sector and to assess potential new supply investments. A key issue in this study is how to bring some of the benefits of larger scale, more efficient power generation technology to these small island systems.