IDB president urges Caricom to look inwards for renewable energy
Stabroek News-June 21st 2007
With the right reforms and investments, Guyana, Jamaica and Barbados could substitute at least ten per cent of their current gasoline consumption with domestic ethanol fuel, President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Moreno has said.
Quoting from a study the IDB financed in collaboration with Caricom at the opening of the three-day Conference of the Caribbean at the World Bank on Tuesday, he said that if they adopt the latest technology these three countries could also co-generate a total of 100 megawatts of electricity by burning sugarcane bagasse. The study, on expanding bio-fuel …
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We are not the company contracted to install traffic lights in Georgetown
Since the installation of traffic lights began in Georgetown a few months ago we received hundreds of emails congratulating us for our success in securing the contract.
With emails continuing to overwhelm our mailbox on a daily basis, we feel compelled to let you know that we are not the company that was awarded this contract. In fact, it is being executed by CMS Traffic Systems Ltd. of Mumbai India.
We therefore wish to thank you all for the sentiments expressed especially those from you who recognized the need for a local solution to the problem of unserviceable traffic lights. …
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