Business View Caribbean | May 2019

5 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN MAY 2019 OPENING L INES program in Jamaica, SHOS is collaborating with the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) to launch the Guyana Solar Challenge, a national competition in Guyana to engage and educate youth nationwide about the benefits of renewable energy. “With our partners at CYEN we will run a Solar Challenge in every Caribbean country to educate young people about the benefits of renewable energy for their communities,” Ellsmoor added. “The economic and environmental conditions for the Caribbean are very specific to the region and often information coming from outside the region does not represent that. Launching this challenge in Guyana is particularly important as the country starts its journey into petroleum and we want to show that the best opportunity is to invest these new funds into the sustainable development of the economy and renewable energy is central to that,” he said. The Guyana Solar Challenge is open to young people between 12 and 26 years of age. Competitors are asked to harness their creative energies (in any form such as a song/video, art