in a move to promote better ownership of projects funders are exploring options such as the use of innovative financing mechanisms such as blending loans and grants for development and project management by external contractors who are able to relieve oftenoverloaded local stakeholders ecdpm as most utilities work on timescales that account for the expected life of their generation plant to years it is definitely conceivable that by the caribbean s energy system can be per cent based on clean sustainable generation plant this will help the region to connect to the international community and develop on an economic and social level renewable energy technologies can provide substantial economic relief to farmers who can boost their incomes with the careful installation of solar wind and biomass technologies the use of climatecontrolled greenhouses and cool and coldwater agriculture can improve food security in the region