Caribbean Energy Integration – From Policy to Business

The Caribbean shares many of the same energy market challenges faced by other countries such as volatility of fuel prices, high inflation and low economic growth rates. But the region is also challenged by unique characteristics such low credit rating (with some exceptions), dispersed and small markets and high level of energy dependency. Despite this scenario there is space for investment opportunities and commercial astuteness to manage the energy equation, and help reverse a decade of macroeconomic underperformance of the islands. This short article gives an overview of energy supply-demand matrix and proffers some of the solutions for the near and longer term