CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The Organisation of Jap Caribbean States (OECS) Fee added the Milan-based ELC Electroconsult S.p.A agency as a geothermal power engineer and technical advisor to the St. Lucia-based OECS Fee.
This collaboration, it mentioned, is ready to assist information geothermal power growth throughout the 5 collaborating member states of the OECS Geothermal Power Capability Constructing for Utilisation, Funding and Native Improvement (OECS GEOBUILD) Programme.
“This advisory is especially well timed as Dominica races to turn out to be the primary geothermal energy producer within the impartial OECS and the Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM) by as early as late 2025, an essential preliminary milestone within the OECS Decade of Motion for Sustainable Power Improvement,” the OECS Fee mentioned.
St Kitts-Nevis has emerged as the primary OECS member state to hunt these specialised engineering and technical companies for the Nevis Electrical energy Firm Restricted (NEVLEC) because it prepares for manufacturing drilling in 2026.
“Tapping into the warmth under the island’s floor, St. Kitts and Nevis hopes to supply a 30 MW geothermal energy plant in Hamilton Property, Nevis,” the OECS Fee mentioned, including that its partnership with ELC Electroconsult S.p.A. will present important help, making certain that the twin-island federation’s geothermal potential, which, if proved profitable, could possibly be shared by interconnecting the 2 islands with the suitable submarine cables.
Established in 1955, ELC Electroconsult S.p.A. is a famend Italian engineering agency with intensive expertise in learning, designing, and managing hydropower and geothermal initiatives worldwide.
The agency has been instrumental in quite a few important initiatives, together with geothermal energy technology initiatives in Italy and past. Their experience shall be invaluable because the OECS seeks to harness its geothermal potential for sustainable power options.
“Bringing ELC Electroconsult on board represents a significant milestone for our program. Their wealth of expertise in geothermal power will empower us to sort out the distinctive challenges that small island growing states face in growing this important useful resource,” mentioned Dr Ernie Stapleton, the GEOBUILD mission supervisor.
“We’re notably excited in regards to the prospects for member states, together with St Kitts and Nevis, the place native stakeholders will profit straight from their experience. This aligns completely with our objective of fostering regional integration and self-sufficiency in renewable power,” he added.
The senior mission supervisor at ELC Electroconsult S.p.A, Riccardo Balsotti, mentioned the Italian firm is happy to take part on this mission and is keen to leverage its intensive expertise and experience in geothermal initiatives worldwide to help OECS nations of their initiatives.
He added, “We’re dedicated to addressing any wants that will come up in geothermal power growth. ”
The OECS GEOBUILD Programme, supported by the Barbados-based Caribbean Improvement Financial institution (CDB), the European Union Caribbean Funding Facility, and the Inter-American Improvement Financial institution (IDB), has been steadily advancing its capacity-building initiatives. It has additionally constructed a group of worldwide financial, social, authorized, and regulatory advisors.
The OECS Fee mentioned the addition of ELC Electroconsult is a part of its mandate to equip member states with the mandatory abilities and information to navigate the complicated net of necessities for growing geothermal power successfully and effectively.
The OECS Fee mentioned it appears to be like ahead “to a fruitful collaboration with ELC Electroconsult S.p.A. because it continues to help St. Kitts and Nevis and different member states in realizing their geothermal power ambitions.”
The OECS has impartial member states: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and St. Kitts-Nevis.
