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Nevis Hosting Global Geothermal Energy Conference

Steam From Nevis’ Nevis1 Geothermal Well Charlestown, Nevis October 6th, 2008 Nevis will be the venue of an International Geothermal Conference, which takes place at the Four Seasons Resort on November 7th, 2008. Hosted by the Nevis Island Administration, the Conference …

Undersea Cable Providers Excited About Nevis Geothermal Project

Mr. Safiq Virani (L) and Mr. Carl Erik Opsahl

Charlestown, Nevis
October 2, 2008

Director of Business Development, Energy Division of Nexans Norway, Mr. Domenico Gerace, confirmed that West Indies Power (WIP) Nevis Ltd’s plan to generate geothermal energy for the people of Nevis, St. Kitts and beyond, was a feasible one and his company was excited about the project.

Mr. Gerace made the comment following a meeting on Nevis with officials from WIP, the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), the Nevis Electricity Company Ltd. (NEVLEC) and the St. Kitts Electricity Department, at the Oualie Beach Hotel’s conference room on October 1.

“Of course we would be able to send power to the other islands. We are looking forward to it and I can tell you it is feasible so it’s just a question of time. So we are very excited about it.”

“The connection to St. Kitts can be operating within next year 2009″¦we are ready for this connection. For the other connections it is a little difficult to say but 2011/2012 that could be but for St. Kitts within next year we can do it,” he said.

Nevis Children Watch Geothermal Presentation

Charlestown, Nevis
July 21, 2008

In a very interactive session with primary school students, Jr. Minister with responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Carlisle Powell addressed the status of the island’s geothermal project and told them that Nevis stood to benefit financially from it.

This came on July 17, at the Charlestown Secondary School’s Auditorium during the Nevis Public Library’s Annual Environmental Awareness Programme. The participants aged nine to 12 years, were anxious to learn more about the project and asked Minister Powell several questions including whether Nevis would make money from geothermal energy.

“With geothermal energy, once you start selling to the other islands, Nevis will be making monies from royalty. Royalty is just a nice word for a tax. It’s as simple as that and so (from) all the current that is produced and sold; Nevis will be getting a tax and when you sell the electricity outside of St. Kitts and Nevis the tax is going to be higher so you will be making monies from that.

“The second way that Nevis will be making money is that once West Indies Power Limited (WIPL) would have paid off their initial loans then the Government of Nevis will be expecting to get a share of the profits. So that if they are making $200 million a year, Nevis expects to get a fair share of whatever monies they make so yes Nevis will be making more money with geothermal energy,” Minister Powell said and expressed his joy in the participants’ interest.

Nevis 1 Geothermal Drill Site

Charlestown, Nevis
July 14, 2008

Federal Minister with responsibility for Housing, Agriculture, Fisheries and Co-operatives Hon. Cedric Liburd, added to the praise showered on the Nevis Island Administration for its decision to explore the island’s geothermal resources, while he was on an official visit to Nevis on July 11, 2008.

The Minister, who was hosted by Hon Robelto Hector, got a first hand view of the ongoing geothermal explorations at Spring Hill and upper Jessups and registered his satisfaction with the project’s progress.

“I want to commend the NIA the government of Nevis for the work that is being done and I do hope that this project will now help us to combat the serious oil prices that we have in the world and more so that is affecting the small island states like St. Kitts and Nevis. I believe that this is what we need to do in order to challenge the people who own the oil and who are really causing serious problems throughout the world and therefore I want to commend the NIA and I am looking forward for the implementation of this project.

“I visited both sites for the geothermal and the work that is going on and I am really impressed and I am advised that the way things are going here that we can definitely see some movement and some completion and some way where St. Kitts and Nevis could be using geothermal during the year 2009 and I am really pleased with what is happening,” he said.

Nevis’ Premier Parry On His Two Years In Power

Charlestown, Nevis
July 12, 2008

Premier of Nevis, the Hon. Joseph Parry addressed the Nation Thursday in celebration of the momentous occasion when the people of Nevis returned the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) to office on July 10th, 2006.

“Governments are appointed to serve the people in their best interest. You the people elected us on the basis of the programmes we promoted and articulated in the Peoples Agenda. Today, I report once again of the stewardship of the Nevis Reformation Party on behalf of the people of Nevis”.

In discussing the achievements of the early days of the NRP, Premier Parry outlined the success of the party with such advancements for Nevis as: Electricity for the island of Nevis, the provision of Roads, Water and Ports under NRP between 1983 and 1992.

Today almost twenty five years after first coming to power, the NRP has embarked on another landmark event by promoting geothermal on the island.

“People in the Caribbean will say geothermal did for Nevis what oil did and continues to do for Trinidad and Tobago and what Tourism did for Barbados. The economic potential for geothermal is so huge, that for decades its impact will continue to reverberate around this region.”

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