Belize to adopt 100% renewables plan
Belize is aiming to use renewable energy to source 100 per cent of its energy needs.
The Caribbean nation of Belize is aiming to use renewable energy to source 100 per cent of its energy needs.
The announcement follows the country’s decision to join the Carbon War Room’s high profile Ten Island Challenge.
The new target will see Belize source 89 per cent of its electricity via clean energy resources by 2033 with the longer term goal being 100 per cent.
The new plan will see a scaling up of wind energy infrastructure complementing the country’s substantial hydropower.
Energy efficiency retrofits will also be a central part of the new plan.
The Belize Ministry of Energy, Science & Technology and Public Utilities’ representative Senator Joy Grant said: “Belize is extremely pleased to join the Ten Island Challenge. As a regional leader in the use of renewable energy, this partnership with the Carbon War Room and Rocky Mountain Institute will allow Belize to make significant strides in realizing its renewable energy production target of 89 per cent in the electricity sector by 2033.”
Belize currently receives about 60 per cent of its electricity via hydroelectric and biomass and the other 40 per cent is supplied via fossil-fuel-fired power plants and generators.
The Ten Island Challenge was started by the Richard Branson backed environmental NGO The Carbon War Room, with the Rocky Mountain Institute and the Clinton Climate Initiative.
