Bahamas

The Bahamas, known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is a country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the archipelago's population. The population of the Bahamas is 389,482 with the capital being Nassau.

 

The Bahamas has a high solar potential and set a renewable energy mix target of 30% by 2030. Presently The Bahamas’s energy mix is comprised of little renewable energy on the public grid. Its electrical demand peaks at 308MW and its electricity prices are high relative to the rest of the Caribbean.

Aruba has a very high solar potential and set a renewable energy mix target of 100% by 2030. Presently Aruba’s energy mix is comprised of only 19% renewable energy. Its electrical demand peaks at 135MW and its electricity prices are moderately high relative to the rest of the Caribbean.

 

​Solar energy generation presents an opportunity to achieve The Bahamas energy goals, lower the cost of electricity, reduce its carbon footprint and reduce its annual dependence on about 303,250,000 liters of imported oil and 3,615,000 MMBTU of natural gas for electricity alone.