Skilled people vital to renewable energy sector
Article by May 30, 2021
Minister of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Kerrie Symmonds, has reiterated the need for a skilled labour force to be trained to install, maintain and service renewable energy technologies, as the island continues apace to meet the 2030 renewable energy target.
He renewed the call today while addressing the official launch of the Energy Champion Building branding ceremony at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI), making that entity the first public sector building to carry this designation.
Symmonds told the gathering that persons who are competent in photovoltaics, biogas and other renewable energy technologies will be critical to the e-transport revolution in Barbados in the future.
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Under its Public Sector Smart Energy Programme (PSSEP), the
Ministry of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, has, over
the past three years, made great strides in its quest to make
government buildings more energy efficient.
To date under PSSEP, the Ministry has installed 2.46 megawatts
of solar energy in public buildings, leading the way in the usage
of renewable energy in the public sector and helping the
institutions save money in their monthly electricity bills.
The Division undertook energy audits of 15 government buildings
that are used for the procurement of renewable energy and energy