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| Drilling equipment in the Roseau Valley (Courtesy Dominica News Online) |
The drill-rig used on the project is now being transported back to Iceland, from where it was originally contracted. DNO has learnt that the drilling company has gotten contracts for drilling new geothermal wells in Iceland.
Energy Minister, Ian Douglas, told DNO that authorities have found that the wells can in fact generate geothermal energy and the project is moving to the next step.
Douglas said that a Dominican company has to be formed to oversee the development of a geothermal plant. He said it has to be a joint venture between the government and a French consortium.
“When that company forms, that is the company that will start the development of the small development plant,” he stated.
Douglas said the first small plant which will supply Dominica with electricity, is expected to be commissioned by 2017.
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