Geothermal Conference – Nevis
The Opening remarks for the Eastern Caribbean Geothermal conference were given by Hon. Carlisle Powell. The article appears to have been written by the Government of Nevis and St. Kitts. There are two photos from the Conference, the first is of the Hon. Carlisle Powell and the second is of the invited Conference participants.(1) SKNVibes.com
“A 1998 study by the United States Department of Energy revealed that Nevis had the potential to produce 900
megawatts of power. Current statistics indicate that the island utilised only 6.5megawatts of energy and peaked at about 9 megawatts.” (This is a quote from the above linked article.)
The executive summary of that report is here, with a link to the full pdf file here. These links no longer work. The pdf file is over 200 pages and it is a database of all know geothermal sources. As soon as an alternative link is found it will be posted. This link: www.bl-a.com/ECB/PDFFiles/GeoResLAC.pdf may work. The Database of Geothermal Resources in Latin American & the Caribbean was compiled and built by Liz. Battocletti of Bob Lawrence et. al. If this website closes down, google this phrase: “Database of Geothermal Resources in Latin American & the Caribbean”.
Nevis is among 39 countries which could be 100% Geothermal Powered!
39 COUNTRIES WHICH COULD BE 100% GEOTHERMAL POWERED
Country Population
Bolivia 7,957,000
Burundi 6,457,000
Comoros Islands 658,000
Costa Rica 3,841,000
Djibouti 623,000
Dominica 71,000
Ecuador 12,175,000
El Salvador 6,032,000
Ethiopia 59,649,000
Fiji 796,000
Grenada 93,000
Guadeloupe 443,000
Guatemala 10.801,000
Honduras 6,147,000
Iceland 276,000
Indonesia 206,338,000
Kenya 29,008,000
Malagasy Republic 15,057,000
Malawi 10.346,000
Martinique 389,000
Montserrat 11,000 [this population is incorrect, it is much lower, with only half of the island inhabitable due to the continuing volcano crisis on Montserrat. Emphasis and comment added to text by author.]
Mozambique 18,880,000
Nicaragua 4,807,000
Panama 2,767,000
Papua New Guinea 4,600,000
Peru 24,797,000
Philippines 72,944,000
Rwanda 6,604,000
Solomon Islands 417,000
Somalia 9,237,000
St Kitts & Nevis 39,000
St. Lucia 150,000
St. Vincent 112,000
Sudan 28,292,000
Tanzania 32,102,000
Tonga 98,000
Uganda 20,554,000
Vanuatu 182,000
Yemen 16,887,000
TOTAL 620,637,000
Good for Nevis! Let’s hope that more countries on the above list follow Iceland and Nevis’ lead. New Zealand is currently rated at about 25% of power from Geothermal and this report estimates that about 50% of New Zealand’s power could come from Geothermal.
It is unfortunate that the World’s Press seems more interested in covering the lives, deaths and trials of famous people, rather than the boring details of Geothermal power. We should be seeing live blogging from this conference or twittering or one of the social networking we hear so much about.
[edited to add link for Caribbean region database.]
