by ILIN Advisor | 5 Dec, 2020 | News
Oceans contain vast renewable energy potential – theoretically equivalent to more than double the world’s current electricity demand. Nascent ocean energy technologies could cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power generation and help to ensure a sustainable, climate-safe energy future.
Alongside other offshore renewable energy technologies, ocean energy – including wave, tidal, salinity gradient and ocean thermal energy conversion technologies – forms a crucial component in the world’s emerging blue economy.
This outlook from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
by ILIN Advisor | 5 Dec, 2020 | News
Offshore renewable energy – including offshore wind and solar power, as well as emerging ocean energy technologies – could support sustainable long-term development and drive a vibrant blue economy. For countries and communities around the world, offshore renewables...
by ILIN Advisor | 4 Dec, 2020 | Front Page, News
New IRENA reports forecast a 20-fold growth potential of ocean energy by 2030, providing coastal communities with a climate-safe roadmap for COVID-19 recovery The CEO of Ocean Energy Europe (OEE), Rémi Gruet and the Director-General of the International Renewable...
by ILIN Advisor | 4 Nov, 2020 | Front Page, News
Download the report for free On 20 November at 10 am (GMT – Portugal time), ALER in partnership with the Ministry of Infrastructures and Natural Resources (MIRN) organized the webinar “Sustainable Energy to accelerate green recovery in São Tomé and...
by ILIN Advisor | 4 Oct, 2020 | Blog, Front Page, News
< The CARICOM Regional Energy Efficiency Building Code (CREEBC) belongs to us, says Z. Churchill Norbert. It has gone through extensive stakeholder consultation and, was unanimously endorsed by COTED. In case you missed or wish to review content from...
by ILIN Advisor | 4 Oct, 2020 | Blog, Front Page, News
São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) is a country of opportunities. The energy resources are vast and are not limited to charcoal or firewood. The country has some water courses with enormous potential to produce electricity. There is sunshine throughout the national territory...
by ILIN Advisor | 4 Oct, 2020 | Blog, Front Page, News
Heremoni Onosai Suapaia- Ah-Hoy Elected to SIDS DOCK Executive Council 2 October 2020, United Nations Headquarters, New York, U.S.A.: His Excellency The Rt. Honourable Keith C. Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and President of the fifth Assembly of SIDS...
by ILIN Advisor | 2 Jul, 2020 | Blog, Front Page, News
Date: Friday, 28 February 2020 On the 27th February 2020, H.E. Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia and Madam Maria Lei Sam-Elisaia departed New York for Samoa, upon completion of their tour of duty as the Ambassador, Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary and Permanent...
by ILIN Advisor | 19 May, 2020 | Blog, Energy, Events, Front Page, News
SIDS DOCK and GRID-Arendal announce strategic partnership for sustainable use and management of marine resources in small islands and low-lying developing countries Projects will support the economic and livelihoods systems of the populations and promote...
by ILIN Advisor | 18 May, 2020 | Blog, Energy, Energy Economics, Front Page, News
The human toll of the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating. At the same time, measures to tackle the crisis have affected national economies and grounded global trade to a halt. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as the Seychelles are amongst the countries that have suffered some of the worst economic impacts of the outbreak. The current situation illustrates the global state of unpreparedness for a pandemic and points to similar inadequacies vis-à-vis climate change. Already reeling from the adverse consequences of climate change, the Seychelles’ emerging Blue Economy
