CREF's objectives are wide-ranging and ambitious. Our goals are to:

• Define the regional energy market: demand, supply,and opportunities
• Pinpoint the bottlenecks in legislation, tariffs, technology, political will and finance; work towards real world solutions
• Introduce the best in regional and international developers and technologies to Caribbean energy decision-makers
• Explore and encourage energy conservation strategies across the region
• Provide tools and guidance for energy decision-makers to make good long-term RE/EE policies, regulations and investments
• Benchmark Caribbean regulatory regimes against global best practice; strive for the right balance between regulation and incentives
• Assess the relative viability of natural gas, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, waste-to-energy, and hydro across the region
• Highlight innovative projects world-wide and analyse their success criteria
• Facilitate long-term local and international investment in regional sustainable energy projects