Guam Center for Green Technology - UVI 14 June 2010 Kao CONFIDENTIAL – Progress – Not for Distribution

THE CARIBBEAN GREEN TECHNOLOGY CENTERUNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

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Fostering research interest,

interdisciplinary investigation and

education in the field of

sustainability. Promoting community

outreach and supporting the

adoption of appropriate

technology… CARIBBEAN GREEN TECHNOLOGY CENTER, UVI . 1

Vision:That the Caribbean Green Technology Center would serve as a vibrant intellectual hub for learning, networking and innovation in and across the Caribbean, in all areas pertaining to green technology.

Mission:To foster research, education and public service on sustainability, to promote Caribbean inter-Islands’ cooperation, to advance interdisciplinary investigations and learning, to collaborate with governmental agencies and industry partners and to research, develop, demonstrate and monitor green technology.

Guam Center for Green Technology - UVI 14 June 2010 Kao CONFIDENTIAL – Progress – Not for Distribution

THE CARIBBEAN GREEN TECHNOLOGY CENTERUNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

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Research and Development

Education and Outreach

Workforce Development

Demonstration Project

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Why Islands? Islands are often highly dependent on fossil

fuels for electricity and transportation and

often have very high retail electricity rates

Islands often have abundant renewable

resources and small populations, so are ideal

places to showcase the potential of

renewable energy penetration

Islands are vulnerable to the impacts of

climate change, such as sea level rise and

greater severity and frequency of hurricanes

EDIN is aninternationalpartnershipbetweenUSA,New Zealand,and Iceland.

USVI PILOT PROJECT, April 2009:

A collaboration between USVI, DOE, and DOI to establish an aggressive renewable energy deployment strategy for the islands that includes transportation, electricity generation and transmission, energy efficiency, and tourism and industry

USVI’s Vision is supported by an

Integrated Strategy Approach

Partners of C.G.T.C

Brookhaven National Lab

National Renewable Energy Lab

St. Dennis Group (GROTTO)

University of California-Berkley

University of the West Indies (in progress)

Energy Development in Island Nations (EDIN)