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turbine that turns an electrical generator to

produce that energy.

And while the Nevis geothermal project is by no

means the only example of these sister islands

embracing alternative sources of energy – St.

Kitts’ RLB International Airport is powered by

a solar farm at the end of the runway, another

solar farm is about to start production, some

of the federation’s street lighting is solar, Nevis

has a solidly established wind farm and many of

the country’s biggest businesses are increasingly

green – it’s far and away the most important.

The Honourable Mark Brantley, St. Kitts and

Nevis Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been

closely involved inmoving forwardwith theNevis

geothermal project, and he expects it to be a game-

changer for the island, significantly beneficial

for St. Kitts and eventually a source of clean,

affordable energy it can export to neighbouring

Eastern Caribbean nations.

According toMinister Brantley, “Nevis is a front-

runner for geothermal development regionally

and we feel that this project has the potential to

transform the island. Already with an existing

wind farm and a soon-to-be-commissioned

waste-to-energy plant, Nevis will by 2016 have

one third of its baseline power needs supplied

by renewables. When the 10 Megawatt (MW)

geothermal power plant comes online in 2018,

Nevis will become the greenest place on planet

earthwith fully 100 per cent of its electrical power

supplied by renewables. This is consistent with

the aspirations of the island to become amodel for

sustainable energy development globally.”

It’s no coincidence, by the way, that the plant

will have an initial target output of 10MW; that’s

When the 10 Megawatt (MW) geothermal power plant comes online in

2018, Nevis will become the greenest place on planet earth with fully

100 per cent of its electrical power supplied by renewables.

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