The 7 MW geothermal power plant will receive support from both the International Development Association and the Clean Technology Fund.

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The 7 MW geothermal power plant will receive support from both the International Development Association and the Clean Technology Fund.
St. Vincent Geothermal Company Limited and Jardboranir hf announce the signing of a drilling contract for drilling four wells for a geothermal power project in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Part of a large-scale inter-island project, part of the European Interreg Caribbean Programme 2014-2020.
From geothermal to solar energy, Dominica has managed to secure itself as a leading nation in the renewable sector.
If there is a silver lining to the trauma of a blanket power outage amid a humanitarian crisis, it is the growing urgency of bolstering the electricity grid with renewable energy.
The government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines will now own a 49 per cent stake in the geothermal plant being developed in the country.
The official results are in and the Nevis geothermal resource is now being characterized as one of the top six geothermal reservoirs in the world.
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