The Renewable Energy Industry in CARIFORUM Countries

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDER ASSESSMENT

3.11 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS

are tourism, export-oriented manufacturing and offshore banking.

The St. Kitts Electricity Company (SKELEC) is owned by the Government and the Nevis Electricity Company Limited (NEVLEC) is a public–private company. Collectively, they have an installed capacity of 88.8 MWwith 4.4 MW of RE capacity. The utilities are actively involved in RE generation for the grid but not for customers within the competitive RE industry. 2.2MW is provided by wind and approximately 2MW by solar PV. One IPP provides close to 50% of this RE and the utilities provide the remainder.

St. Kitts and Nevis is an independent Caribbean twin island state spanning an area of 261 square Kilometres. It had a population of 52,823 people as of 2019 (UN, 2019). Its main economic sectors

3.11.1 | LEAD GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES

The Ministry of Public Works, Housing, Energy & Utilities is the lead ministry with responsibility for the energy portfolio. Along with close consultation with the Ministry of Finance, Sustainable Development and Human Resource Development, they set policy for the sector. There exists a national energy policy and national targets but no road map. Most of the required framework and regulations required to facilitate interconnection to the national grid and related feed-in tariffs for non-utility RE generators are still being developed. Specifically, the energy unit has 2 persons and must now build the capacity to develop the RE industry. This is necessary if they are to make progress in achieving their RE targets. The St. Kitts government has been actively pursuing geothermal energy over the last few years and have also added PV, waste to energy (WtE) and wind to their RE portfolio. The lead Ministry’s relationship with the other external stakeholders is depicted in the diagram right.

UTILITIES REGULATOR

PRIVATE SECTOR INSTITUTIONS

REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS

LEAD GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES

FUNDING AGENCIES

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANIES

Figure 3.55 | Relationships of St. Kitts’ Lead Government Ministries

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The Renewable Energy Industry in CARIFORUM Countries