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Aug
10
West Indies Power receives EIA approval for exploratory geothermal drilling in Dominica

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 [...]

  August 10, 2011 Read more »   



Jul
25
WIP Begins Construction of Nevis Geothermal Plant

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 [...]

  July 25, 2011 Read more »   



Jun
28
West Indies Power contracts PRMD West Indies Limited to drill geothermal production wells on Nevis

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 [...]

  June 28, 2011 Read more »   



May
25
Welectricity wins “Best New Sustainability Innovation” at Wharton Innovation Tournament

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 [...]

  May 25, 2011 Read more »   



May
25
West Indies Power awards CCC Group Consortium Contract for Development of Nevis Geothermal Plant

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 [...]

  May 25, 2011 Read more »   



May
9
Solamon announces renewable energy plan for Jamaica: Apollo Acres to cover old bauxite mines

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 [...]

  May 9, 2011 Read more »   



May
1
Nevis Administration Approves West Indies Power Geothermal EIA

PRESS RELEASE
Charlestown, Nevis, May 1
On April 15th the Nevis Island Administration approved West Indies Power (WIP) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the development and operation of an 8.5MW single flash geothermal plant at Spring Hill  as well as the installation of an electrical transmission system to connect the geothermal plant to the Nevis electrical grid.
Kerry [...]

  May 1, 2011 Read more »   



Apr
13
White House Supports WIP’s Proposed Nevis-Puerto Rico Electrical Interconnection

PRESS RELEASE
Charlestown,  April 6, 2011 – The White House supports the idea of a submarine electrical interconnection to supply low cost renewable “green” energy from Nevis, West Indies to Puerto Rico.  West Indies Power (WIP) proposes to supply geothermal energy to Puerto Rico in 2014/2015 via a 400km, 350kv, High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) submarine [...]

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Apr
13
Project to install 450 kW photovoltaic system underway in US Virgin Islands

The largest solar electricity system in the US Virgin Islands is being installed at King Airport in St Thomas, USVI.
The project, said to be one of the biggest solar electricity projects in the Caribbean, will install a PV system of 450 kiloWatts peak capacity, at a cost of US$1.9 million, to provide green electricity [...]

  April 13, 2011 Read more »   



Apr
7
Dominica government signs contract for geothermal drilling to commence

Eight weeks ago, the government of Dominica announced its schedule to move, within the next few months, to another stage in the implementation of its ongoing geothermal development project.
Yesterday another project milestone was achieved, with the signing of the contract to commence drilling of exploratory geothermal wells in the Roseau Valley.
The drilling will be [...]

  April 7, 2011 Read more »   






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