Businessman wants action to safeguard against future island-wide power events Shamar Blunt06/04/20230165 views By Shamar Blunt Managing Director of Abed’s, Eddy Abed, wants to see more being done by government and other stakeholders to stabilise the island’s energy grid in order to minimise… Read more
Island-wide outage forces closure of some businesses Shamar Blunt05/04/20230121 views By Shamar Blunt Operations at businesses and other organisations across the island were abruptly cut short on Tuesday, after the country experienced an island-wide power outage around 11:32 a.m. Shortly… Read more
PSV body ready to take up new biofuel option Emmanuel Joseph01/04/20230169 views Operators of privately-owned public service vehicles (PSVs) are gearing up to cash in on a soon-to-be-launched biofuel option that could cut fuel prices in half. Chairman of the Alliance Owners… Read more
New biofuel company set to roll out cost-saving gas venture Emmanuel Joseph28/03/20230330 views By Emmanuel Joseph A “game-changing” waste-to-energy project designed to slash fuel prices by half and significantly reduce CO2 emissions will be rolled out here in June. The new venture is… Read more
FTC prepares to grant power company, intervenors an audience in BLPC challenge Emmanuel Joseph18/03/20230126 views Consumers’ wait to hear how much more they will pay for electricity has been dragged out further as the Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) fights a Fair Trading Commission… Read more
PM calls out BLPC, FTC Barbados Today16/03/20230119 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley has made it clear that she will not allow Barbadians to become “tenants in their own land”, as she accused the island’s sole electricity utility company… Read more
Regional energy sector stakeholders to discuss sustainable energy investment Barbados Today26/02/20230102 views Energy sector stakeholders from across the Caribbean will meet in Barbados this week to strategise on how they can strengthen their regulatory frameworks to expedite renewable energy investments in the… Read more
Renewable energy audit planned Marlon Madden24/02/2023093 views From next month officials from the Ministry of Energy and Business are to embark on a six-month comprehensive assessment of the island’s renewable energy activities to determine what changes will… Read more
Changes in petroleum products for February 2023 Barbados Today05/02/20230144 views Consumers will pay more for gasoline, diesel and kerosene, but less for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) products, effective midnight, Sunday, February 5. The price of gasoline will be $3.94 per… Read more
Fuel bill nearly Doubles, food Bill also sees Major jump Marlon Madden26/01/20230237 views By Marlon Madden Barbados’ fuel import bill almost doubled to a whopping $1.122 billion last year, according to the latest Central Bank estimates. At the same time, the food import… Read more