Over the past decade, The Bahamas has made little headway in fulfilling the National Energy Policy’s (NEP) commitment to generating 30 percent of its renewable energy by 2030, and the country’s main power provider, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL), faces a daunting task in making up the difference before the deadline.
According to data obtained by The Nassau Guardian (May 20, 2022), less than one percent of the energy used in The Bahamas is renewable.
As it stands, about 0.7 percent of all the electrical energy used by BPL’s customers comes from renewable energy.