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 *<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.academia.edu/36859658/reenergizing-suriname-with-less-energy.pdf Reenergizing Suriname with less energy]&nbsp;(2018)</span><br/>
 *<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[http://sbbsur.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Wood-Energy-in-Suriname.pdf Wood Energy in Suriname, Contribution of Forest Sector to the Energy Supply]&nbsp;(2015)</span><br/>
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 *<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.ijeas.org/download_data/IJEAS0308044.pdf The impact of climate change on the wind energy resources of Suriname using regional climate model simulations]&nbsp;(2016)</span><br/>
 *<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.imf.org/external/np/seminars/eng/2015/caribbean/pdf/gjohnson.pdf Meeting the Energy Challenge, Regulatory Reforms are Key]&nbsp;(2015)</span><br/>

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-Suriname’s electric sector regulations are dependent on contractual agreements, which are based on [https://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/pams/suriname/name-149558-en.php the 1957 Brokopondo Agreement].<br/>
+*Suriname’s electric sector regulations are dependent on contractual agreements, which are based on [https://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/pams/suriname/name-149558-en.php the 1957 Brokopondo Agreement].<br/>
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 Suriname has no legislative framework for electricity or renewable energy, yet it is being developed by the country<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a</ref><ref name="The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012">The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012</ref>.&nbsp;The country’s 2012 electric power sector draft green paper establishes the main guidelines for composing an electricity act<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a</ref>.&nbsp;This act should include energy security, judicial, institutional provisions and the need for an energy authority<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a</ref>. It also should contain the principles of cost recovery, energy and economic efficiency, and environmental impacts in the setting of the national utility (EBS) tariffs<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a</ref>.<br/>
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-*[http://www.ceintelligence.com/files/investment_opportunities/documents/Suriname-Renewable.pdf Solar Energy Opportunities in Suriname]
+*[http://www.ceintelligence.com/files/investment_opportunities/documents/Suriname-Renewable.pdf Solar Energy Opportunities in Suriname]&nbsp;
-*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.ijeas.org/download_data/IJEAS0308044.pdf The impact of climate change on the wind energy resources of Suriname using regional climate model simulations]</span><br/>
+*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.ijeas.org/download_data/IJEAS0308044.pdf The impact of climate change on the wind energy resources of Suriname using regional climate model simulations]&nbsp;(2016)</span><br/>
-*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.imf.org/external/np/seminars/eng/2015/caribbean/pdf/gjohnson.pdf Meeting the Energy Challenge, Regulatory Reforms are Key]</span><br/>
+*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.imf.org/external/np/seminars/eng/2015/caribbean/pdf/gjohnson.pdf Meeting the Energy Challenge, Regulatory Reforms are Key]&nbsp;(2015)</span><br/>
-*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/41179/FOCUSIssue2Apr-Jun2016.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Sustainable Energy for all in the Caribbean]</span><br/>
+*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/41179/FOCUSIssue2Apr-Jun2016.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Sustainable Energy for all in the Caribbean]&nbsp;(2016)</span><br/>
-*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/1/185 The role of photovoltaics (PV) in the present and future situation of Suriname]</span><br/>
+*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/1/185 The role of photovoltaics (PV) in the present and future situation of Suriname]&nbsp;(2019)</span><br/>
-*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/ProductsServices/ConferenceandEvents/americas/caribbean-energy/presentations/Nil_Janson_Scarlett_Piantini.pdf Energy in the Caribbean, challenges and opportunities]</span><br/>
+*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/ProductsServices/ConferenceandEvents/americas/caribbean-energy/presentations/Nil_Janson_Scarlett_Piantini.pdf Energy in the Caribbean, challenges and opportunities]&nbsp;(2017)</span><br/>
-*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5130725_'Building_on_our_own_abilities'_Suriname's_State_Oil_Company_as_a_development_agent Building on our own abilities, Suriname’s State Oil Company as a Development Agent]</span><br/>
+*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5130725_'Building_on_our_own_abilities'_Suriname's_State_Oil_Company_as_a_development_agent Building on our own abilities, Suriname’s State Oil Company as a Development Agent]&nbsp;(2007)</span><br/>
-*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/water-energy-food-security-mining-suriname-project-overview.pdf Water-Energy-Food Security and Mining in Suriname, A project overview]</span><br/>
+*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/water-energy-food-security-mining-suriname-project-overview.pdf Water-Energy-Food Security and Mining in Suriname, A project overview]&nbsp;(2015)</span><br/>
-*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1653.pdf Caribbean Energy Sector, Macro-related challenges]</span><br/>
+*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1653.pdf Caribbean Energy Sector, Macro-related challenges]&nbsp;(2015)</span><br/>
-*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.academia.edu/36859658/reenergizing-suriname-with-less-energy.pdf Reenergizing Suriname with less energy]</span><br/>
+*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[https://www.academia.edu/36859658/reenergizing-suriname-with-less-energy.pdf Reenergizing Suriname with less energy]&nbsp;(2018)</span><br/>
-*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[http://sbbsur.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Wood-Energy-in-Suriname.pdf Wood Energy in Suriname, Contribution of Forest Sector to the Energy Supply]</span><br/>
+*<span style="font-size: 13.6px">[http://sbbsur.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Wood-Energy-in-Suriname.pdf Wood Energy in Suriname, Contribution of Forest Sector to the Energy Supply]&nbsp;(2015)</span><br/>
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-As a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the country has targets of 20%, 28% and 47% renewable electricity generation to be reached by 2017, 2022 and 2027 respectively<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref>.<br/>
+As a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the country has targets of 20%, 28% and 47% renewable electricity generation to be reached by 2017, 2022 and 2027 respectively<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a</ref>.<br/>
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-Suriname has no legislative framework for electricity or renewable energy, yet it is being developed by the country<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref><ref name="The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012">The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012</ref>.&nbsp;The country’s 2012 electric power sector draft green paper establishes the main guidelines for composing an electricity act<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref>.&nbsp;This act should include energy security, judicial, institutional provisions and the need for an energy authority<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref>.&nbsp;It also should contain the principles of cost recovery, energy and economic efficiency, and environmental impacts in the setting of the national utility (EBS) tariffs<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref>.<br/>
+Suriname has no legislative framework for electricity or renewable energy, yet it is being developed by the country<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a</ref><ref name="The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012">The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012</ref>.&nbsp;The country’s 2012 electric power sector draft green paper establishes the main guidelines for composing an electricity act<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a</ref>.&nbsp;This act should include energy security, judicial, institutional provisions and the need for an energy authority<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a</ref>. It also should contain the principles of cost recovery, energy and economic efficiency, and environmental impacts in the setting of the national utility (EBS) tariffs<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a</ref>.<br/>
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-The project [https://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/pams/suriname/name-149556-en.php Development of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Electrification of Suriname (SU-G1001)] was initiated in 2013 to promote the use and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency in the country<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref>.The project included solar, hydropower and bioenergy<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref>.<br/>
+The project [https://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/pams/suriname/name-149556-en.php Development of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Electrification of Suriname (SU-G1001)] was initiated in 2013 to promote the use and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency in the country<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a</ref>.The project included solar, hydropower and bioenergy<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://tinyurl.com/y2f7br9a</ref>.<br/>
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 After Trinidad & Tobago, and Cuba, Suriname comes in as the 3<sup>rd</sup> largest oil producer in the Caribbean<ref name="Ramón, E. & Humpert, M. (2014). Energy Matrix Country Briefings: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago. Retrieved from: https://publications.iadb.org/en/publication/11241/energy-matrix-country-briefings-antigua-barbuda-bahamas-barbados-dominica-grenada">Ramón, E. & Humpert, M. (2014). Energy Matrix Country Briefings: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago. Retrieved from: https://publications.iadb.org/en/publication/11241/energy-matrix-country-briefings-antigua-barbuda-bahamas-barbados-dominica-grenada</ref>.<br/>
-Suriname is a [[Small_Island_Developing_States|Small Island Developing State (SIDS)]].
+Suriname is a [[Small Island Developing States|Small Island Developing State (SIDS)]].
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-As a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the country has targets of 20%, 28% and 47% renewable electricity generation to be reached by 2017, 2022 and 2027 respectively<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0</ref>.<br/>
+As a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the country has targets of 20%, 28% and 47% renewable electricity generation to be reached by 2017, 2022 and 2027 respectively<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref>.<br/>
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-Suriname has no legislative framework for electricity or renewable energy, yet it is being developed by the country<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0</ref><ref name="The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012">The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012</ref>.&nbsp;The country’s 2012 electric power sector draft green paper establishes the main guidelines for composing an electricity act<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0</ref>.&nbsp;This act should include energy security, judicial, institutional provisions and the need for an energy authority<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0</ref>.&nbsp;It also should contain the principles of cost recovery, energy and economic efficiency, and environmental impacts in the setting of the national utility (EBS) tariffs<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0</ref>.<br/>
+Suriname has no legislative framework for electricity or renewable energy, yet it is being developed by the country<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref><ref name="The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012">The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012</ref>.&nbsp;The country’s 2012 electric power sector draft green paper establishes the main guidelines for composing an electricity act<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref>.&nbsp;This act should include energy security, judicial, institutional provisions and the need for an energy authority<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref>.&nbsp;It also should contain the principles of cost recovery, energy and economic efficiency, and environmental impacts in the setting of the national utility (EBS) tariffs<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref>.<br/>
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-The project [https://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/pams/suriname/name-149556-en.php Development of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Electrification of Suriname (SU-G1001)] was initiated in 2013 to promote the use and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency in the country<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0</ref>.The project included solar, hydropower and bioenergy<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf?la=en&hash=54B1546C99416B679A2973D1A1F1CAC8905FE2F0</ref>.<br/>
+The project [https://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/pams/suriname/name-149556-en.php Development of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Electrification of Suriname (SU-G1001)] was initiated in 2013 to promote the use and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency in the country<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref>.The project included solar, hydropower and bioenergy<ref name="Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf">Cabré, M.M. Lopez-Peña, A. Kieffer, G. Khalid, A. & Ferroukhi, R. (2015). Renewable Energy Policy Brief: Suriname. Retrieved from: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2015/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies/IRENA_RE_Latin_America_Policies_2015_Country_Suriname.pdf</ref>.<br/>
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-EBS and Staatsolie have their own regulatory role in the country's energy section, as both are responsible for setting electricity's tariffs, both oil and gas consumption in the country<ref name="The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012">The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012</ref>. the later is also engaged in capacity building programs for its own staff and customers<ref name="The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012">The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012</ref>. Also, both companies are involved in regulating their service's quality, which includes frequent inspections and the accreditation of equipment and procedures in according to national standards<references /><ref name="The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012">The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012</ref>.
+EBS and Staatsolie have their own regulatory role in the country's energy section, as both are responsible for setting electricity's tariffs, both oil and gas consumption in the country<ref name="The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012">The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012</ref>. the later is also engaged in capacity building programs for its own staff and customers<ref name="The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012">The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012</ref>. Also, both companies are involved in regulating their service's quality, which includes frequent inspections and the accreditation of equipment and procedures in according to national standards<ref name="The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012">The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). (2013). Suriname (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.reeep.org/suriname-2012</ref>.
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