Belize
Climate targets: Energy
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Create a municipal solid waste energy conversion programme to supply fuel for 5MW of electricity
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Increase Hydro Power from 55 MW to 70 MW by 2033 compared with 2011
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Fast-track pilot project to deploy flash pyrolysis reactors producing 250,000 tonnes of bio-oil from ligno-cellulosic biomass by 2016. Once the technology is well understood, expand production to one million tonnes by 2020
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Reduce the country's dependence on fossil fuels consumption by 50% by 2020, from one million barrels to one-half million barrels by 2020 against a 2011 baseline
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Triple the amount of modern energy carriers derived from Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries production and processing, including municipal solid waste (MSW) by 2020 compared 2011
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Reduce by 50% the number of rural households that are now using firewood for fuel to other more environmentally friendly biofuels cooking systems such as plant oil and biogas cookers, or solar cookers by 2020
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Improve energy efficiency and conservation by at least 30% by 2033, using energy utilization and GDP generated in 2011 as the baseline
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