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LUCELEC welcomes hotel-generated renewables, decision lies with regulator
August 7, 2018
St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) and the St. Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association (SLHTA) are in agreement that hotels on the island could generate up to 20% of their electricity needs from their own renewable energy systems. Removing the current 25kW generating cap for systems could help the island in its transition to renewable […]
St. Lucia geothermal project in public consultation phase
March 19, 2018
St. Lucia’s geothermal project is engaging stakeholders as they prepare for exploratory drilling; important, as past geothermal activities left a bad impression for St. Lucians. Last week the government held a public consultation bringing together stakeholders including private consultants and the World Bank to discuss the project and plans for future exploration. Project leaders brought […]
St. Lucia geothermal project shares new documents ahead of stakeholder meeting
March 7, 2018
The Government of Saint Lucia (GoSL) proposes to conduct the Saint Lucia Geothermal Resource Exploration Project within the Soufrière, Choiseul, and Laborie regions of Saint Lucia to assess the feasibility of commercial development of geothermal resources in Saint Lucia. The government released this week several documents, including: Draft Environmental & Social Impact Assessment Stakeholder Engagement […]
St. Lucian minister calls for increased resiliency of public infrastructure
September 13, 2017
Following a tour of the island after Hurricane Irma, St. Lucia’s Economic Development, Housing, and Transport minister, Guy Joseph, issues a call to revisit building codes for public infrastructure. “I think that in Saint Lucia, me for example, as Minister of Housing, if we are going to be engaged in the construction of public housing, […]
LUCELEC signs contract to construct first solar farm in Saint Lucia
June 20, 2017
Today representatives from St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) and solar energy firm GRUPOTEC signed a contract to begin the engineering, procurement, and construction for a 3 megawatt (MW) solar farm, located north of the Hewanorra International Airport at La Tourney, Vieux Fort. When connected to the grid, the solar farm’s 14,900 photovoltaic (PV) panels […]
St. Lucia geothermal project on track for drilling in 2018
June 13, 2017
St. Lucia is moving towards the next phase of their geothermal project as they complete geothermal development studies. Valerie Leon, acting Permanent Secretary in the Department of Sustainable Development, said “We are very advanced with our geothermal development. We have conducted all the geothermal studies that will give us information (and) are looking at the […]
St. Lucia convenes today for public consultation on geothermal project
April 11, 2017
The Government of Saint Lucia (GoSL) convenes its third public consultation for its geothermal project today, where high-level representatives from the Department of Sustainable Development are expected to make informative presentations of the plans of the GoSL for geothermal exploration. The exploratory phase of the project continues with the next crucial steps being the completion of […]
USAID brings clean energy training to Caribbean hospitality sector
March 21, 2017
The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Caribbean Clean Energy Program (CARCEP), is supporting energy efficiency across the region’s hospitality sector with a series of energy efficiency workshops. The second in this series was held in Saint Lucia on March 16-17. The forum attracted a cross section of management, […]
St. Lucia 12 MW wind farm on hold after developer pulls out; government stays committed to wind power
March 13, 2017
The Government of Saint Lucia has expressed its commitment to continue to work towards the development of renewable energy on the island. This after US-based firm WindTex Energy disappointingly cancelled plans for a previously announced wind farm on the east coast, less than four months after the new administration gave its commitment to the developer, […]