The Renewable Energy Industry in CARIFORUM Countries

RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDER ASSESSMENT

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

3.15.5 | HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS The two Higher Education Institutions in Trinidad and Tobago that could potentially provide teaching and training for RE professionals are the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus, (UWISTA) and the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT). They are engaged in RE activities. a) UWI St. Augustine Campus was established in 1948 and has research capacity even though not currently focused on RE systems. Their experience in energy and electrical systems provides a good foundation on which to develop some innovation capacity in the RE sector. It has 7 Faculties: • Faculty of Humanities and Education • Faculty of Law • Faculty of Medical Sciences • Faculty of Science and Technology • Faculty of Social Sciences • Engineering • Food & Agriculture • MSc. Programs for Energy Management offered in the Faculty of Science and Technology between 2012 and 2016 • M.Sc. in Renewable Energy Technologies which is done over a 3 year period • Over 90% of these students are local

b) The UTT is a public university established in 2004. Its divisions include: • Process Engineering • Academy for Performing Arts • Criminology and Public Safety • Project Management and Civil Infrastructure Systems • Bio-Sciences Agriculture and Food Technology • Academy for Arts Culture and PA, • Food Science Technology • The Learning Centre and Information and Communication Technology

• The Renewable Energy Engineering Technology (REET) Diploma starts in 2020/2021. The course information is presented in Appendix A • The Utilities Engineering Group (Mechanical and Electrical Engineering programmes) also offers a few RE courses at the MEng level

• Almost 100% of these students are local • Enrolment is about 60 students annually

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The Renewable Energy Industry in CARIFORUM Countries