Launched in 2021, the Eastern Caribbean Solar Challenge is an initiative of the NDC Finance Initiative which is managed by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the Government of Saint Lucia. The Eastern Caribbean Solar Challenge seeks to increase the the use and visibility of solar energy in OECS Member States by 2023 through the combined efforts of governments, development partners, the regional and international private sector and households.
In an effort to support NDC implementation and wider climate action in the Eastern Caribbean, the NDCFI has embarked on a bold and exciting new renewable energy initiative. The Eastern Caribbean Solar Challenge: “Race to the Sun” aims to engage governments, the private sector, development partners and households in a united effort to increase the diffusion of solar electricity and heating across the region by the end of 2023, in the first instance.
As an OECS Government, a development partner, a regional or international company, a small business or a homeowner, you can be part of the Eastern Caribbean Solar Challenge.
learn moreIncreased deployment of renewable energy technologies in support of national, regional and global goals to increase climate resilience and towards keeping global temperature increase within 1.5°C.
Raise awareness about renewable energy options and promote opportunities to take action that demonstrate energy leadershipGalvanize action towards the Eastern Caribbean’s efforts to transition to a Low-Carbon Economic Zone
The installation of at least 1 MW of new solar installations on public buildings, businesses and private homes by 2023.
The OECS region is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Members States are striving to build climate resilience and to transition to low-carbon economies, with some seeking to implement and enhance their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and others pursuing complementary strategies. Despite their negligible greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, Member States aspire to demonstrate leadership by pursuing aggressive emission reduction targets. Ahead of the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-26), Parties to the Paris Agreement, including those in the OECS, have taken steps to revise their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) with a view to increasing their climate ambition through, in particular, the increased use of renewable energy. Notwithstanding, OECS Member States have to date faced significant challenges in leveraging the resources required to implement their NDCs and complementary climate change strategies and plans, with the onus of mobilising these resources borne almost solely by national governments.
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objects or collapsing structures
(Carport at Union, Saint Lucia )
Wall building housing inverters, transformers, control panels
etc., (PV plant at Argyle, St. Vincent)
PV Plant (Carport, Union)
Morne Fortune, Castries, St.Lucia
cdrunit@oecs.int
1(758) 455-6000