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Solving Haiti’s energy challenges may require diversification; Effective energy use in Haiti remains elusive

By Sam Bojarski

Last February, Jacques Bingue and some friends sat down to eat at a seaside restaurant in Cap-Haitien.

Not long after they arrived, the lights suddenly went out, he recalled. The staff remained calm, apparently unfazed by the occurrence. It took them about three to five minutes to turn on the restaurant’s backup generators, Bingue said.

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Throughout Haiti, especially outside the capital of Port-au-Prince, the electricity grid is unreliable. This has produced impacts that range from inconvenience to human tragedy.

According to Wadson Desir, who currently lives in Laboule, the lack of lighting adds to the insecurity people often feel at night.

Hospitals fail to accomplish basic tasks, and “people (have) passed away in an operating room because of a sudden black out,” he said.

Haiti also relies on relatively expensive sources – diesel and heavy fuel