The Next Energy Frontier: T&T’s Green Transformation

For more than a century, energy has helped shape Trinidad and Tobago’s economy. But as the world increasingly invests in cleaner energy, new technologies and emerging green industries, the question is no longer only what T&T has built, but what it can build next.

In his feature for the Sunday Guardian, CETRI grantee Ryan Bachoo examines the opportunities and challenges facing one of the Caribbean’s leading energy-producing economies as it navigates the global energy transition.

Ryan speaks with Professor of Process Engineering at the University of Trinidad and Tobago Donnie Boodlal, former longtime climate change policymaker Kishan Kumarsingh, and Minister of Public Utilities Barry Padarath about what it will take to translate the country’s existing strengths into investment, new industries and economic opportunities.

Their perspectives point to the importance of a coordinated policy and legislative environment, stakeholder engagement and sustained momentum on renewable energy. The feature also examines what developments such as the idling of the Brechin Castle solar park could mean for investor confidence and the country's wider transition ambitions.

T&T may already possess significant energy infrastructure, industrial experience and human expertise. Ryan’s reporting asks the bigger question. Will the country be able to leverage those advantages to build the industries of the future?

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“The Next Energy Frontier: T&T’s Green Transformation” was published in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian.

https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/the-next-energy-frontier-tts-green-transformation-6.2.2642344.f99df3a166

This feature was produced with support from the Caribbean Energy Transition Reporting Initiative (CETRI).