Green Energy Transformation
Summary
The government’s vision is to become the smallest green nation in the Western Hemisphere, providing reliable, renewable, clean, and affordable energy to all its citizens through the development of wind, solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric energy, as well as ensuring reforms in the electrical system and facilitating the adoption of E-mobility. Given that climate change is the most pressing environmental and developmental challenge for St. Kitts and Nevis, we have anchored he development strategies and policy action plans in climate resilience.
Vision
The vision of the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is to become the smallest green nation in the Western Hemisphere that provides energy that is reliable, renewable, clean, affordable to all its citizens.
The vision of the Government is to become the smallest green nation in the Western Hemisphere that provides energy that is reliable, renewable, clean, and affordable to all its citizens.
Goals
- Reduce CO2 emission by 2030, compared to 2010
Green Energy Strategic Priorities
- Transition renewable generation to 100 percent energy for power
- Switch to at least 2 percent of the vehicles on the islands to electric vehicles by 2030
- Reduce energy consumption by 5 percent by 2030
- Reduce transmission and distribution losses to 10 percent in Kitts and to 6 percent in Nevis by 2030
- Ensuring safe, efficient, reliable, affordable and environmentally- friendly electricity
- Facilitating the transition to renewable energy
- Making sure supplies of reliable and affordable fuels and their clean handle
- Ensuring an efficient and well-coordinated planning and management system
- Ensuring efficient, environmentally clean, and cost-effective transportation
- Achieving energy efficiency by ensuring the lowest possible energy intensity
- Rationalizing the electricity tariff structure and rate
- Promoting of e-mobility – moving towards electrical vehicles
