OWC secures Caribbean greenhouse gas monitoring engagement
Renewable energy consultancy OWC has been awarded a contract by Grand Cayman’s electric utility company, Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC), to provide a feasibility study to determine the requirements for a greenhouse gas emissions monitoring system.
The purpose of the project is to enhance CUC’s understanding of its current greenhouse gas emissions monitoring and reporting systems, as part of its efforts to transition to more renewable energy sources.
CUC is the primary public electricity utility company in Grand Cayman, the largest of three islands comprising the Cayman Islands. Its generating equipment has an installed capacity of 166 MW which is made up of 17 diesel engines, three gas turbines and one steam turbine. In addition to this, CUC has 20 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity for temporary generation, with interconnection to a 5 MW independently power solar farm, and 14 MW of customer-site rooftop solar panels. Further, CUC is considering electricity generated from other alternative renewable sources and leveraging battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Under the terms of the contract, OWC’s deliverables will include a review of industry standards, the development of a tailored solution for greenhouse gas emissions monitoring, an assessment of solution integration, an economic feasibility analysis, a review of environmental and social considerations, and a legal and regulatory assessment.
OWC will draw on the support and expertise of its sister company ABL – an energy and marine consultancy that provides a specialised technical offering in emissions consulting. Hence, the project will be led by ABL’s director of decarbonisation, Stefano Scarpa, whilst incorporating OWC’s engineering expertise in renewable energy resource integration. The project will further be supported by both OWC and ABL’s local resources across the Americas region.

“We are really pleased to support CUC in its important decarbonisation efforts. By bringing together ABL’s track-record in emissions consulting, OWC’s engineering and advisory expertise across renewable energy onshore and offshore, with our wider group’s local market knowledge, we will provide CUC with a complete offering for a tailored solution,” says Adriana Vargas-Colwill, senior renewables consultant and OWC’S business development advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean.
The feasibility study will be completed during 2025.
“CUC is committed to driving a sustainable future for Grand Cayman by aligning our operations with global climate change policies and taking measurable action. Through this feasibility study with OWC, we will be able to identify and measure improvements in emissions as we develop opportunities to reduce our carbon footprint and be in a better position for the transition to renewable energy,” says Sacha Tibbetts, Vice President of Customer Services and Technology.
OWC is part of Oslo-listed ABL Group ASA, a global consultancy with a track record of supporting more than 330 offshore wind projects across 36 countries worldwide.
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