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St Lucia Eyes Geothermal Energy (Caribbean Journal)

Following the lead of some of its Eastern Caribbean neighbors, St Lucia’s government says it is exploring the development of geothermal energy on the island.

As islands like Dominica, Nevis and Montserrat explore geothermal (albeit at varying stages of development), St Lucia says it is moving “very aggressively moving towards developing this geothermal resource,” according to Minister for Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology, Dr James Fletcher.

Any potential geothermal project would be located at the island’s Sulphur Springs, Fletcher said.

A previous study estimates that there is 170 MWe of geothermal energy capacity on the island.

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