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Wind Farm At Madden’s Estate

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 02, 2011 (CUOPM)

Tour of Nevis’ geothermal and wind energy projects by students from both islands of St. Kitts and Nevis, an energy expo and discussions with energy providers are among events planned as part of Energy Week.

According to the Energy Department of the Ministry of Energy, the week of activities begins with a church service at the Reformation Fellowship Ministries, Horsford’s Shopping Complex on Sunday 6th November at 9:00 a.m.

The observance will be held under the theme “Sustainable Energy for Economic Security.”

The Official Launch of Energy Week will be held at the OTI Conference Room on Monday 7th November at 2:00 p.m.

On Tuesday 8th, Informational Display Booths will be mounted at several schools in their Libraries or Resource Centres to afford students the opportunity to learn more about all things related to energy.

Experts on energy issues will appear on various radio talk shows to engage the public on the issue of energy and related matters.

On Thursday 10th and Friday 11th November, students from St. Kitts will journey to Nevis and join their counterparts from that island to tour the geothermal and wind energy facilities in Nevis.

The Department of Energy also disclosed that there will be extended activities leading up to a two-day Energy Expo on December 1st and 2nd.

Numerous interactive booths will be mounted by the Department of Energy and renewable energy providers displaying energy efficiency products.

The Expo will afford the general public to meet all of the important players in the Energy Sector.

The public has been invited to be a part of a new movement to make St. Kitts and Nevis the greenest island in the Caribbean.

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Geothermal Energy Drill Site In Nevis

Charlestown,Nevis
August 15, 2011

Nevis Premier, the Hon. Joseph Parry said that geothermal energy will come to Nevis, despite the challenges because he remains committed to serve the people of Nevis with cheaper energy.
 
Responding to a female caller during the popular Tuesday morning radio programme,” In Touch with the Premier” the caller said that the Opposition party, the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) admitted that they had sent letters discouraging the Export Import (EX-IM) Bank  from assisting the Geothermal project going forward in Nevis.
 
“I am disappointed that any Nevisian, especially any politician who claims to love Nevis, would try to discourage any plans to develop a major programme like Geothermal on the island,” Premier Parry said.
 
The Hon. Joseph Parry and his Nevis Reformation Party (NRP)-led Administration had been working tirelessly in an effort to get geothermal energy on Nevis.
 
The Geothermal project on Nevis has received much applause regionally and internationally as the Nevis Island Administration continues with in its endeavor to develop with the natural energy resource.
 
According to the Premier, due to a bad global recession, money had been difficult to obtain and assist with the way forward for geothermal energy on Nevis.
 
“I am very much committed to developing the island and serving the interests of all the residents of Nevis and I look forward to Geothermal becoming a reality on Nevis in the very near future,” the Hon. Joseph Parry said.

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Renewable Energy Minister – Carlisle Powell

Charlestown, Nevis
July 26, 2011

Minister responsible for Renewable Energy and Public Utilities on Nevis Hon. Carlisle Powell expressed satisfaction with the latest step that would bring the revolutionary geothermal development project on Nevis closer to fruition.
 
He was at the time present at the West Indies Power Nevis I site at Spring Hill on Monday, when work commenced on clearing 40 of the 79 acres of land for construction of the geothermal power plant that will produce geothermal energy set to revolutionise the economy of Nevis.
 
“For us as a government here in Nevis, we are extremely delighted to have arrived at this point in time because it sets out a clear signal and a clear marker to not only persons in Nevis and St. Kitts but other persons who have been paying attention worldwide but more particularly to those persons in the Virgin Islands and in Puerto Rico who have been monitoring what we are doing here in Nevis and waiting with some expectations.
 
“So we can now say finally that work has started to clear the site and after site clearing we have every, every positive anticipation that work will progress smoothly and now we can start looking forward to the point when we will be physically able to build the plant and move forward from there to the supply of energy,” he said.
 
Mr. Powell who is also responsible for Physical Planning on the Nevis Island Administration noted that the Geothermal Development Company had produced a comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment for the site.
 
He used the moment to thank persons who responded to the related public consultations on the ground in Nevis which he described as extremely tremendous. The Minister also thanked the general public for their response to the public campaign on geothermal energy.
 
“We want to thank the general public we have been bombarding them with information about geothermal since about 2007 and we want to thank them for their patience finally they have something to look forward and see apart from the exploratory drill sites that were done some time ago.
 
“So now they can come by and physically see that work has started to clear the site and this is the first step in construction you have to clear the site first of all and then do your surveys and laying out so we want to thank people for that,” he said.
 
Meantime, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry responsible for Renewable Energy, Public Utilities and Physical Planning Mr. Ernie Stapleton, who was also in attendance, was elated that the geothermal project had advanced and had arrived at the stage where the ground work for construction of the Nevis Geothermal Plant at Spring Hill.
 
“As indicated the site will be cleared and the geotechnical work will be done, that is soil testing etc and even drilling a borehole. There are quite a number of activities that would lead up to the actual construction of the site the geothermal pad and preparation for arrival of the drill rig in the next month or two in September.
 
“I am very pleased that we are finally moving on with the Nevis Geothermal Project and activities on the ground here at Spring Hill,” he said.
 
Geothermal Commissioner in the NIA Mr. Pearlivan Wilkin who was also present while he too added his satisfaction, gave an insight into his job with the project.
 
“I am indeed very happy that the physical work has started. As the Geothermal Commissioner I will be dealing with the compliance issues. I am supposed to make sure that the environment is protected whether its underground or it is above ground or the vegetation that is not supposed to be destroyed.
 
“I am also ensuring that people who live around the properties are not damaged or affected in any adverse way with this phase. I am very happy like I said before because this is the stage we have been waiting for, for a very long time,” he concluded.

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