Sunlight warms the town of Roseau. The Caribbean island of Dominica plans to become carbon ‘negative’ by 2020. Photograph: Brian Jannsen/Alamy
Dominica leads...
The IFC and Dominica have signed an MOU for technical support and capacity improvements for the continued development of geothermal resources in Dominica.
Reported...
The first initial exploration drilling results of the geothermal project in Dominica are reported to be promising. Icelandic firms ISOR and Iceland Drilling...
Following talks of testing the island’s geo-thermal resources to determine its potential energy value for Dominica and other islands in the region, the...
FINAL Draft Sustainable Energy Plan of The Commonwealth of Dominica (513.0 KiB, 14 hits)
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CIPORE Focal Point Office:
Michael Fadelle
Coordinator-Renewable Energy Programme
Energy Unit,
Government Headquarters
Kennedy Avenue
Roseau
Commonwealth of...
FINAL Draft National Energy Policy of the Commonwealth of Dominica (705.0 KiB, 16 hits)
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CIPORE Focal Point Office:
Michael Fadelle
Coordinator-Renewable Energy Programme
Energy Unit,
Government Headquarters
Kennedy Avenue
Roseau
Commonwealth of...
Solar panel at O.D. Brisbane
Local company O.D. Brisbane and L.A. Dupigny have teamed up with Grensol in Grenada to offer Dominicans what they describe...
The European Investment Bank has agreed to fund preparations for possible use of geothermal renewable energy to replace fossil fuels in the Caribbean....
Final approval has been passed for an Icelandic company to begin geothermal exploration drills in three test sites in the Roseau Valley, Dominica....
Work being done at the site for geothermal exploration
Dominica has launched geothermal exploration, a major step to moving away from use of fossil fuel...
West Indies Power will not be able to count on a US $63 million sovereign debt loan guarantee for a loan with U.S. Exim Bank...
Iceland GeoSurvey and Iceland Drilling send out drilling equipment, a specially equipped truck for well logging and a portable lab to a geothermal...
In a speech in Barbados, Dominica’s Prime Minister says he believes in geothermal development holding the potential for significant change in the Caribbean...
Minister of Public Works Rayburn Blackmoore has reported that Dominica has been deemed the most advanced as far as geothermal energy is concerned at the...
Dominica has called upon the world to support its bold initiative to explore geothermal energy as well as similar initiatives in other Small Island States...
Geothermal Exploration site in Roseau Valley.
Three test wells will be constructed in the Roseau valley area as Dominica moves forward towards the development of geothermal...
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...
Government is currently conducting a feasibility study financed by the European Investment Bank to look at the under seas cable to transmit energy to Martinique...
The drilling of exploratory geothermal wells in the Roseau Valley is expected to commence at the end of July this year.
The contract...
The contract for the drilling of test wells in Roseau Valley will be signed here next week in the process toward geothermal energy ...
The development of Dominica’s geothermal energy potential continues to be a major pre-occupation of the island’s government.
Energy Minister Rayburn Blackmore told the media last...
Government will seek to move to another stage in the implementation of the geothermal project within the next few months.
The results of the investigations to...
The Dominica government says more than 14 international companies have shown an interest in developing the island’s geo thermal sector.
Energy Minister Rayburn Blackmore, speaking...
The European Investment Bank (“EIB”) in July 2010 agreed to provide a USD 10 million line of credit to the Dominica Agricultural, Industrial...
The Rosalie Bay Resort, a new eco-friendly resort in Dominica, will also be home to one of the island’s first wind turbine to power a...
The Renewable Energy Unit of the Ministry of Public Works, Energy and Ports on Thursday hosted a consultation to help determine how ...
FINAL STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION ON THE CREATION OF FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN DOMINICA SET FOR THURSDAY MARCH 25, 2010
The Renewable Energy Unit...
A wind farm in the Caribbean island of Dominica is one of the first three projects to receive US funding under the ‘Energy & Climate...
A wind farm in the Caribbean island of Dominica is one of the first three projects to receive US funding under the ‘Energy & Climate...
The Government of Dominica has reached an important stage in its quest to harness and exploit the country’s geothermal resource in the Wotten Waven area.
Comprehensive...
Fort Young Hotel
Energy stakeholders in the Caribbean have been invited to Dominica for the meeting of the Project Steering Committee of the Geothermal Energy in...
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has revealed that Dominica could be supplying Guadeloupe and Martinique with Geothermal energy by the year 2013. According to the prime...
Energy Minister Charles Savarin says the exploration of geothermal energy resources are progressing steadily and has advised that a key component of the project could...
Teachers at the afternoon session at the Trafalgar Power Station in Dominica
A Workshop titled “Training Transfer of Energy Information to Teachers of Energy in CXC/CAPE...
Dominica’s Minister of Energy Charles Savarin said on Thursday that his island’s government was in support of the geothermal project on Nevis.
Nevis geothermal site
A worker...
On April 30, Charles Savarin, Minister of Energy of Dominica and Chief Technical Officer Lucien Blackmore, also of the Ministry of Energy, visited the West...
Dominica’s Minister for Energy, Charles Savarin has revealed that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in association with the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the German...
The International Partnership for Energy Development in Island Nations (EDIN) today announced three new pilot projects. The U.S. pilot project participant will be the U.S....
On Monday, senior Dominica government representatives met with representatives from the OAS and other international organizations in Roseau to discuss opportunities to advance the development...
Geothermal Energy report from...
