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Are we suffering from Learned Helplessness on Energy?

May 8, 2012 – 2:29 pm

I recently had the pleasure of a chance meeting with Professor Marty Seligman, one of the giants of 20th-century psychology. His seminal work has been the exposition of the theory of “learned helplessness,” which purports to explain why we behave helplessly even when we are able to do otherwise.
Afterwards, I dug [...]

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Another Dream Deferred?

April 20, 2012 – 5:06 pm

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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? / … / Or does it explode?
Langston Hughes
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Two years ago today, the name “Deepwater Horizon” started seeping into the world’s consciousness, after BP’s oil rig of that name exploded while drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
The fateful [...]

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Jamaica Power Summit

March 21, 2012 – 8:50 pm

Join the Hon. Phillip Paulwell, Jamaica Public Service, JP Morgan, government officials, and other energy experts as they review and discuss the island’s current and future options for a diverse generation fuel mix. Jamaica also faces a unique situation with the bulk of demand on the southern and northern coasts separated [...]

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Barbados Power Summit

March 21, 2012 – 8:43 pm

Barbados is a unique island within the Caribbean in that it has renewable resources and domestic gas and oil production. Join Barbados Light & Power Company, JP Morgan, government officials, and other energy experts as they review and discuss the island’s current and future options for a [...]

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West Indies Power receives EIA approval for exploratory geothermal drilling in Dominica

August 10, 2011 – 12:48 am

PRESS RELEASE
Roseau – August 9, 2011
The West Indies Power (WIP) Environmental Impact Statement (EIA), which enables the company to begin exploratory “slim hole” drilling in the Soufriere Valley, Dominica, in order to determine conditions of the geothermal reservoir in that area, has been approved by the Government of Dominica.
The drilling plan conducted by West Indies [...]

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WIP Begins Construction of Nevis Geothermal Plant

July 25, 2011 – 9:12 pm

PRESS RELEASE
(Charlestown, July 25th) – Today West Indies Power (WIP) began construction of the geothermal power plant on Nevis which will be located at Springhill near the village of Fountain.
The plant will be a single flash geothermal power plant that will initially have an output of 8.5MW. This plant has the capacity to be expanded [...]

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West Indies Power contracts PRMD West Indies Limited to drill geothermal production wells on Nevis

June 28, 2011 – 12:47 pm

PRESS RELEASE
(Charlestown, June 27) – Today West Indies Power (WIP) signed a contract with PRMD West Indies Limited (PRMD) to drill two (2) 6000 ft directional geothermal production wells and one 7000 ft vertical injection well at the Spring Hill Geothermal Site on Nevis. It is estimated that each production well will produce 5MW’s of [...]

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Welectricity wins “Best New Sustainability Innovation” at Wharton Innovation Tournament

May 25, 2011 – 8:52 pm

Welectricity, an innovative, award-winning social network that helps users track, compare and reduce their electricity consumption at home, has won an award at the prestigious Knowledge@Wharton/Wipro Technologies Innovation Tournament, held at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania last month.
Sponsored jointly by Knowledge@Wharton and Wipro Technologies, a global [...]

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West Indies Power awards CCC Group Consortium Contract for Development of Nevis Geothermal Plant

May 25, 2011 – 12:41 pm

PRESS RELEASE
Charlestown, Nevis (May 24, 2011)

West Indies Power (WIP) announced today, it has awarded the CCC Group Consortium an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) Contract for the development of the Nevis Geothermal Plant . The Consortium is lead by the CCC Group Inc. of San Antonio, Texas and includes Turbo Care Inc (a [...]

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Solamon announces renewable energy plan for Jamaica: Apollo Acres to cover old bauxite mines

May 9, 2011 – 1:49 pm

PRESS RELEASE
(Toronto, May 3, 2011) – Jay Yeo, president of Solamon Energy, while appearing on Radio 106 in Montego Bay today announced the company will be meeting with senior government officials in Jamaica shortly and confirmed plans for solar solutions targeting the island’s old open-pit bauxite mines. Later in this month, Solamon executives will be [...]

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