“Cuba Seeks to Expand Role of Renewable Energy”

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) with the support of the German environment ministry (BMUB) is holding a workshop on integrating higher shares of renewable energy in the island nation of Cuba in the country’s capital Havana. According to a BMUB press release, “keeping global warming to well below 2°C, even to below 1.5°C, means decarbonising the world economy. Helping developing countries expand renewable energies is therefore of high priority”. Cuba aims at generating 24 percent of its power from renewable energy by 2030. "Cuba has excellent technical potential for renewable energy to meet its ambitious government targets, particularly for solar, wind and biofuel," said Dolf Gielen, Director of IRENA’s Innovation and Technology Centre.

Read the press release in English here.