{"id":50215,"date":"2011-12-06T07:38:46","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T11:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=50215"},"modified":"2011-12-06T11:31:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T15:31:35","slug":"dominica-launches-geothermal-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/economy-development\/dominica-launches-geothermal-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominica launches geothermal exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Work being done at the site for geothermal exploration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dominica has launched geothermal exploration, a major step to moving away from use of fossil fuel for energy generation, government said.<\/p>\n

It has contracted an Icelandic company to assist the island in drilling three test wells in the Roseau Valley.<\/p>\n

Dominica has long been speaking about its potential in geothermal energy and the need to greater exploit renewable resources for lower energy costs and revenue generation for the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shall be drilling three test wells in the Valley catchment area. If we are to achieve the objectives that we are looking at, first of all to build a small plant to supply our local demand and secondly, to achieve our long-term objective of building a 120 mega watt power plant to supply the French departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique, we must first of all have a clear sense as to the size and quality of that resource,\u201d said Minister for Energy Rayburn Blackmoore Monday at the ceremony to launch geothermal exploration.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit stressed that the geothermal project must be \u201cshared\u201d with Martinique and Guadeloupe, as the Regional Council of Guadeloupe has been at the forefront of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time, it was as if the geothermal potential resided in Guadeloupe rather than Dominica because of the passion showed to this very important project,\u201d Skerrit said.<\/p>\n

He stated also that the collaboration would auger well for an integration process among the three countries.<\/p>\n

Government signed a contract worth $17-million earlier this year with an Icelandic company for exploration of geothermal energy sources here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominica has launched geothermal exploration, a major step to moving away from use of fossil fuel for energy generation, government said. 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