Andrea Perez-Sobers
Senior Reporter
andrea.perez-sobers@guardian.co.tt
Former vice-president of corporate operations and transformation at Atlantic LNG Toni Sirju-Ramnarine has been appointed as president of NGC Green Company Ltd.
The NGC Green Company Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Gas Company (NGC).
A statement from NGC sent to Guardian Media yesterday said Sirju-Ramnarine’s appointment becomes effective on April 15.
Guardian Media understands she resigned from Atlantic LNG two weeks ago.
The oil and gas company noted that Sirju-Ramnarine comes to NGC Green with a 30-year career in the energy sector where she has built a reputation for leading transformation, developing local talent and achieving excellence through high performance.
It further added that as president, she will lead NGC Green’s strategic focus on clean energy and energy efficiency initiatives including T&T’s first industrial-scale, solar farm project, a partnership with bpTT and Shell in which NGC has 30 per cent equity.
NGC’s chairman Dr Joseph Khan, in an internal memo to staff yesterday said, “As you would be aware, we took a strategic decision to expand the operations of NGC, CNG and renamed the company NGC Green Company Ltd, a reflection of NGC’s increasing commitment and investment in the energy transition and climate action. We believe our investment in clean energy and energy efficiency to be equally important as our focus on natural gas as a transition fuel.”
Khan went on to state that NGC is excited to have Sirju-Ramnarine in the NGC group.
“Her distinguished track record of high performance and delivery, especially in the areas of sustainability, transformation, and technology, align with our values as we transition to a clean energy future,” Khan added.
NGC Green Company Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NGC, to institute a cleaner energy future through investment in low-carbon fuels, energy efficiency, sustainable transportation, and associated research and development.
NGC’s Green key focus area is on strategic investments in vital decarbonisation projects and technologies, transportation (CNG, electric vehicles, alternative fuels such as hydrogen and methanol), renewable and low-carbon energy (solar, wind, LNG, biogas), energy efficiency (SuperESCOs, education programmes) and research and development.
According to its website, the company outlined that NGC Green aims to expand its reach into the wider Caribbean region.
Leveraging existing capabilities, the company envisions collaboration with regional partners to accelerate the “Green Agenda” and promote sustainable energy practices.
Internationally, NGC Green aims to fulfil targets that support the following targets by 2030.
The NGC Green Ltd aims to implement projects to capture around 1.2 gigatonnes of CO2 by 2030 and by the end of this decade the company must make deforestation a net-zero activity.