The Renewable Energy Industry in CARIFORUM Countries

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | DATA COLLECTION | TARGET GROUPS

2.1 | DATA COLLECTION

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4 in-house staff were used to execute data collection in the 13 English speaking countries.

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1 external resource was used to assist with the Jamaica participants due to its size and the incompleteness of the initial contact data.

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1 external resource was used to collect data from the Spanish speaking Dominican Republic and the French speaking Haiti.

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8 distinct survey instruments were used to collect the required data.

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Some participants completed the online survey on their own; particularly the education stakeholders since they needed to retrieve their student records.

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Some participants opted for a live interview using the Zoom platform while the interviewer completed the online survey in real time.

2.2 | TARGET GROUPS

Given the various stakeholder groups to be surveyed the following estimates were made to determine the population size of the RE Industry. The average number of actors in each stakeholder group was

estimated based on the size of the country and direct experience with the regional territories. Stakeholder amounts vary across the territories with some having higher numbers and others having less.

LGM

UR

FL

PSI

HEI

REC

FA

RI

TOTAL

LGM Average per Country Region (15 countries)

1

1

6

3

3

8

12

10

44

15

15

90

45

45

120

12

10

352

Table 2.1 | Study Population

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The Renewable Energy Industry in CARIFORUM Countries