Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Commonwealth of Dominica:

New Geothermal Drilling to Commence This Month in Dominica (Caribbean Journal)

More geothermal drilling will begin in Dominica this month, according to the country’s Energy Minister, Rayburn Blackmore.

The company that is performing the drilling, Iceland Drilling Company, has already arrived in Dominica and will begin later this month, he said.

Environmental impact assessments have been completed for the drilling of a production well in Laudat and for a re-injection well in Trafalgar.

“Towards the end of this month we will see the actual start of the drilling of the production wells,” he said.

Dominica is initially envisioning a 15 MWe power plant at the site in the country’s Roseau Valley.

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