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USAID project bolsters Dominica’s climate change resilience
June 13, 2016
Dominica continues to work on recovery efforts from Tropical Storm Erika, which hit the island last year. A USAID-funded project will help to improve resiliency against climate change and future storms. United States ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Linda Taglialatela praised the $9.5 million Rallying the […]
Hon. Ian Douglas, Dominica’s Minister of Energy, confirms for CREF 2016
June 13, 2016
The organizers of CREF 2016 are pleased to announce that Hon. Ian Douglas, Dominica’s Minister of Energy, has confirmed he will participate as a speaker at CREF 2016. Hit hard by Tropical Storm Erika in 2015, investment in renewables was sidelined. Now on the path to recovery, Dominica’s bid for a resilient energy matrix – […]
Dominica: geothermal projects should not be on back-burner
June 8, 2016
UK Parlimentary Under Secretary of State for International Development, Baroness Sandip Verma, paid an official visit to Dominica this week. She expressed the UK government’s interest in long term economic development in a statement: “You obviously have a vision for your country,” she said to the Hon. Prime Minister Skerrit. “We also have a vision […]
IDB funds geothermal survey in Dominican Republic
April 29, 2016
The Inter-American Development Bank has awarded the government of the Dominican Republic a $200,000 grant to conduct a 12-month study of geothermal potential. The “Specific Agreement to Evaluate the Geothermal Potential of the Dominican Republic” will examine whether there’s enough high geothermal energy to produce electricity.
UN ambassador pushes for waste to energy pilot in Dominica
April 25, 2016
Dominica may develop a pilot project that will turn the island’s waste into energy. Permanent Representative and Ambassador of the Commonwealth of Dominica to the United Nations, Dr. Vince Henderson, foresees a partnership with the Dominica State College that could incubate new technology to solve waste problems. The Ambassador hopes that results from initial implementation […]
Dominica invites private sector to play a role in geothermal
April 25, 2016
Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, said that small island states often have to choose between renewable energy investment and other projects. “We should never have a situation where our country should have to make a determination on whether we advance our renewable energy initiatives or divert the resources to other areas,” Skerrit said. The Prime […]
Dominica signs up for Japanese climate change partnership
April 13, 2016
Dominica has signed up to participate in the Climate Change Partnership, a program funded by the Japanese government under the United Nations Development Program. This project seeks to support countries in lowering emissions while improving energy security in an effort to mitigate climate change. According to Yoko Ebisawa, Project Manager, “Interventions under the project include […]
Geothermal development in Dominica delayed
December 18, 2015
The geothermal project in Dominica has been pushed-back but not abandoned, said Hon Minister for Energy, Ian Douglas, in a statement explaining that the government’s priority has shifted to find housing for those displaced by Tropical Storm Erika. The Minister assured that the storm has not in any way affected the project’s infrastructure and is […]
Dominica gets first electric vehicle
November 6, 2015
Transmission and distribution manager Lemuel Lavinier says taht a new electric vehicle is among a list of energy, efficiency and renewable initiatives at Dominica Electricity Services Ltd (DOMLEC). The Nissan Leaf was sourced in Barbados at a cost of EC$122,439 and selected because of its popularity and high safety ranking on the U.S. National Highway […]