Thursday, March 27, 2014

Commonwealth of Dominica:

Dominica’s Geothermal Exploration Hailed as ‘Exemplary’ (Dominica Vibes News)

The Commonwealth of Dominica’s geothermal energy exploration, which commenced in 2011, has been commended by an official of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Secretariat.

“In terms of the work that has been done in Dominica, it has been exemplary and I want to say congratulations,” Dr James St. Catherine of the OECS Secretariat said.

The Dominica Government is pursuing the best options for the construction of a 15 MWe geothermal energy plant for domestic supply and a 120 MWe plant for export to Guadeloupe and Martinique via undersea cable. The government successfully completed the first phase of the project – drilling of production wells on March 1, 2014. The next phase involves shutting down the wells for a twelve week period to monitor progress on the generation of heat.

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