Finance Minister Dr. Irving McIntyre has announced that the commissioning of Dominica’s 10-Megawatt Geothermal Plant in the Roseau Valley will begin in December 2025, with commercial operations scheduled to start in March 2026.
His remarks were made in Parliament on Tuesday while presenting an amendment to the Value Added Tax Act aimed at providing relief to citizens.
“The commissioning process of the 10-Megawatt Geothermal Plant will commence in December, 2025 and commercial operations are expected during the first week of March 2026,” Dr. McIntyre stated.
He described the project as a milestone in Dominica’s renewable energy agenda, emphasizing its role in reducing energy costs, strengthening energy security, and fostering economic growth.
“We are reminded that in addition to the government’s investment in geothermal power exploration and infrastructure, government is investing in a first phase of high voltage resilient transmission network which will connect the Geothermal Power Plant at DOMLEC’s three hydro stations to the Fond Cole distribution hub,” he said.
Dr. McIntyre explained that the transmission network will ensure the delivery of renewable energy from the Roseau Valley to consumers across the country.
“Mr. Speaker, to support this venture additional loan funds amounting to one million, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight dollars were drawn from the World Bank loan for the transmission network which was approved by parliament,” he noted.
He added, “This project is expected to be completed in-time for the commercial operations of the Geothermal Power Plant.”
The geothermal initiative is regarded as a cornerstone of Dominica’s transition to sustainable energy and is expected to significantly advance the nation’s long-term energy resilience.
As of 2023 the peak demand for electricity in Dominica was 17 megawatts and in 2022 it was 16mw and in 2021 it was also 16mw I am rounding those figures btw, so you mean to tell me in 2 years Dominica’s energy consumption almost doubled, either there is a HUGE company or an explosion of the population for that to happen. The total capacity in 2023 was 25.5 MW. So something about your statement is not correct. This is all according to Domlec btw. See the link below you can find the informaiton on page 64.
https://www.domlec.dm/download/2023-annual-report/?wpdmdl=2537&refresh=6928533baa7a91764250427
When all of Dominica has full access to geothermal energy I will be the first one to shower Roosevelt with praise and adoration. Until then stop the shenanigans.
Dominica’s energy requirement is 30 megawatts. So, remind me, it’s taken how many years and what cost to provide geothermal energy to one third of the population?
This project is a washing machine (money laundering) tbh, it’s been years and the amount of money that was wasted on this project it should’ve been already completed and should be able to provide more than the 10 MW!!