Business View Caribbean | May 2022

11 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 9, ISSUE 5 BY SHARON AUSTIN B arbados has copped two awards at the recently held Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum’s (CREF) Industry Awards. The awards are for Best Energy Efficiency Project for the Energy Efficient Retrofit of Public Streetlights, and Best E-Mobility Project for the Introduction of Electric Mobility into Public Transportation, at the Transport Board. New Energy Events, hosts of CREF, the largest annual gathering of the regional energy market, announced the 12 winners of its fourth annual CREF Industry Awards during the meeting, which was held from April 26 to 28, in Miami. The awards recognise excellence in the people, projects and programmes driving the clean energy transition in the Caribbean. Programme Manager at the Ministry of Energy and Business Development’s Project Execution Unit, Keisha Reid, and Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Claire Best, accepted the awards on behalf of the Government. Ms. Reid told the Barbados Government Information Service that she was pleased the country’s clean energy efforts were being recognised and rewarded. “This award acknowledges the hard work of the stakeholders in the energy sector, and impels them to continue working to ensure Government’s initiatives are implemented, as they are timely and will benefit citizens and the country. The Best Energy Efficiency Project is the second award the Project Execution Unit has received, and it really is a fine example of the beneficial results that obtain when there is collaboration with the public and private sectors,” she stated. BARBADOS WINS TWO CREF INDUSTRY AWARDS Ms. Reid thanked the Barbados Light and Power Company and the Ministry of Transport and Works for their work on the project, saying it was a “critical partnership”. “With strategic partnership and alignment of goals, we were able to successfully complete the project last year and even surpass our own target,” she shared. OPENING L INES Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Claire Best (left) and Manager at the Mini Energy and Business Development’s Project Execution Unit, Keisha Reid, pose wi two awards at the recently held Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum’s (CREF) In Awards. (Photo: New Energy Events)