Following the opening of the Maddens Wind Farm a couple of months ago, the Nevis Island Administration continues to pursue their ambitious renewable energy goals, this time they are making strides towards the development of the island’s geothermal potential:
Minister responsible for Renewable Energy and the Environment on Nevis Hon. Carlisle Powell told a meeting of businessmen in Barbados recently that the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) was aggressively pursuing the development of geothermal energy.
The Minister, who was invited to deliver an address at the International Business Week Conference of the Barbados International Business Association (BIBA) in Barbados, referred to the project as a test case for interconnection between St. Kitts and Nevis and then the wider region.
“This project is an important test case for large scale investment in the islands. I say this because the interconnection submarine cable between Nevis and Puerto Rico has been estimates at over US$500million. We are talking about major investment,” he told the businessmen.
Mr. Powell explained that even as Nevis explored the resource, two Nevisian engineers had already been exposed to training at the La Geo Geothermal Plant in El Salvador and one recently completed a Masters programme in Geothermal Reservoir Management at the United Nations University in Iceland while the other was expected to travel to Iceland shortly.
He also noted that in addition, two employees of the Nevis Electricity Services Company Ltd. would begin a geothermal training course in El Salvador in January 2011.
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