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	<title><![CDATA[Barbados&#039; Energy Arc: From Sugar Mills to Solar Power]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The story of energy in Barbados is inextricably linked to the island&#039;s broader socio-economic and political development. From the earliest days of English settlement, the methods used to power the economy have shaped the landscape, defined social structures, and determined the island&#039;s place in the global order. This report argues that the history of energy in Barbados is a microcosm of its national journey, characterized by a series of disruptive transitions. Each transition—from wind to steam, steam to oil, and now oil to renewables—was driven by a confluence of technological innovation, external economic pressures, and critical shifts in local political power. The control of energy has consistently served as a proxy for control of the island&#039;s economy, evolving from the decentralized power of a land-owning planter elite to a centralized, foreign-owned monopoly, and now moving towards a complex, democratized, and state-guided sustainable energy ecosystem.]]></description>
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	<author_name>ResearchBarbados</author_name>
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