St. Vincent and Grenadines pushing for start of geothermal project
Petit St. Vincent (PSV), Winward Island, The Grenadines, Caribbean (source: flickr/ lyng883, creative commons)
Francisco Rojas
2 Sep 2014
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves said in local news that a 5 to 15 MW geothermal project might be underway aiming at being online by June 2018.
Local news from the Caribbean inform that a potential geothermal project might be underway.
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves says the results of the surface exploration phase of the geothermal project “support the earlier conclusions suggesting that Mount Soufriere is hosting a high temporary geothermal reservoir of commercial use”.
Gonsalves said that if everything “goes well and on schedule”, the geothermal plant is scheduled to begin operation in June 2018. The expected output would be between 5 and 15MW according to the same source.
The North America-based energy and services company Emera and Iceland-based Reykjavik Geothermal are funding the exploration phase of the project. The government of New Zealand is offering technical advice on the geothermal project.
Gonsalves also said that the government continued to seek opportunities for funding of the geothermal project, either by grants or soft loans, and has held talks with regional and international organisation such as the International Renewable Energy Agency in Abu Dhabi, the Caribbean Development Bank, the Japan International Corporation Agency, and other entities.
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Source: The Jamaica Gleaner Website
