With funding from its Rapid Financing Facility, UNDP, in coordination with the Panama Regional Hub and the multi-Country Office in Barbados, supported the development of an integrated assessment of the power system in Grenada to improve the resilience of the network and increase the penetration of intermittent least-cost renewable generation resource of the Country.

The RFF project in Grenada aims to support the country’s low-carbon energy transition and COVID-19 green recovery effort. The project conducted in 2022 has delivered its products, including an electricity demand profile, an assessment of renewable energy potentials, review of generation plans and costs. The results have proven that electricity tariffs can be reduced by around 30% under specific investment scenarios and have provided valuable information for short-term decision-making.

The project has involved key public institutions, a team of technical consultants lead by AIGUASOL, and has fostered partnerships with the World Bank and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The project management has effectively involved all agents responsible for policy, regulation, and operation & control roles.

UNDP coordinated with the World Bank technical support to maximize synergies and avoid duplications. The project focuses on providing the Grenada government; the electric utility (GRENLEC); the regulator PURC (Public Utilities Regulatory Commission); and the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Public Utilities, Energy, Transport and Implementation with the necessary technical elements for grid investments to accommodate higher levels of renewable energy generation.