The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission are partnering with the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis to jointly host a Regional Geothermal Forum under the theme: ‘Opportunities and Synergies for Collaboration’.
The three-day forum will be held in Basseterre from May 10-12 2016.
Geothermal energy through scientific evidence, has emerged as a priority within the Eastern Caribbean States namely Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Hence the forum comes at a period of increased interest and activity with respect to geothermal energy development within the CARICOM Region.
The meeting, which organisers welcome as timely, is aimed at high level officials from relevant Ministries and Government Agencies, engaged in the development of geothermal projects within the resource-rich countries of the OECS. Representatives of multilateral institutions, international development partners and international financing institutions, as well as private sector developers and investors, will also be present.
The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), through the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technical Assistance (REETA) Project, the Regional Council of Guadeloupe, as well as, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), through the Technical Cooperation on Sustainable Energy Deployment in the Caribbean are supporting this initiative.
Dominicans please understand that tapping into thermal energy is comparable to handling a live nuclear bomb when it comes to small Island states. Absolutely no one can predict the long-term effect of Geothermal Energy exploration and/or production! You may be able to successfully produce vast amounts of electrical energy but on the other side of the coin you might create a volcanic catastrophe that will certainly destroy entire communities and potentially the entire Country. Good luck!
“Dominicans please understand that tapping into thermal energy is comparable to handling a live nuclear bomb”
That is not true sir, Geothermal Energy has been around for a very long time, and I have never heard of a single instant when trying to tap into a source of it exploding like a nitrogen bomb, never mind a nuclear bomb.
To become an Electrical Engineer I had to take Physics, and while taking physic the study of geothermal energy, and the production of other electrical energy was taught to me, and I can tell you there is no place in the curriculum we were taught that tapping into the source of that form of energy is like dealing with a nuclear bomb!
If you wish to prove me wrong write everything you know about geothermal energy let me see what you know, and then I will show you what I know.
Guy, there are Tidal Technology (sea waves) which people even use to produce electrical power, do not over exaggerate because you do not know all who are reading, and the…