NEW YORK, NY -
The
man who is set to build the Caribbean's largest solar energy plant is
among the speakers confirmed, for the 2012 Invest Caribbean Now.
The
second annual Caribbean Tourism Organization and Hard Beat
Communications investment forum is set for June 6, 2012 in New York City
and comes on the heels of June 9, 2011that drew over 300 high powered
investors to the New York Marriott Marquis event and earned rave reviews
from money managers, real estate developers, architects, entrepreneurs,
ministers of governments and the media, and the top speakers including
Wendell Dave Dowrich, Vice President, Goldman Sachs; David Brillembourg,
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Brilla Group and
Martin Mohabeer, Managing Director, Spackman Group and CEO of Spackman Capital.
President and co-founder of Solamon Energy Corp, Jay Yeo, will join
other top speakers this year, including Damion McKinney, CEO of
McKinney Rogers and Jonathan Blue, Chairman of Blue Equity LLC.
Solamon
Energy Corp is a renewable energy developer, providing Caribbean
clients with cost effective and reliable RE power generation solutions.
The company recently announced it will build the biggest solar energy
plant in the Caribbean in Jamaica. With a keen understanding of the
Caribbean energy marketplace, Yeo has become a cornerstone of
organization, developing business opportunities in key territories
across the region. Solamon presently has over 100 MW of projects in
their pipeline.
An export of the blossoming Canadian solar industry, Jay previously
worked with Spark Solar, a solar development firm and manager of the
AGRIS Solar Co-operative, an agricultural energy co-operative with over
700 PV installations.
Prior to his career in renewables, Jay held several executive positions
with emerging technology companies working in the areas of business
development and marketing.
Ideally suited for the burgeoning renewable energy sector, Jay has made
a career of articulating the benefits and value of new technologies to
consumers and business professionals.
Jay presently splits his time between Toronto and Barbados.
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