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12st September 2006
US$170M will go to produce eolic energySanto Domingo.- The president of the Punta Cana Macao Energy Consortium (CEPM) and the Haina Generator (EGE Haina) yesterday clarified that the eolic project being developed in the East has attained all pertinent official permits, World Bank financing, a donation from the Denmark government, and is backed by the “highest good will to contribute in solving Dominican energy shortages.” more
21st August 2006
Renewable energy event to take place in Cornwall this weekend An event focussing on windfarms and renewable energy in the West Country is set to attract thousands of people this weekend. more
July 22th 2006
Installing a 3kW Wind Turbine in the DR
When we began considering how best to tackle the various aspects of how alternative and renewable energy are being, and/or can be, utilized in the Dominican Republic, we decided to ask a DR1 member who always has expert ... more
June 15th 2006
Fernandez predicts solving the Dominican energy problem by 2008SANTO DOMINGO. - President Leonel Fernandez said yesterday that the electrical energy subsidy will not disappear totally, but will rather be reduced in the measure in which the problem of blackouts in the Dominican Republic is solved and when the sector becomes more efficient, which expects will take place before 2008. more
April 18th 2006
Oil hits record $72 on Iran fearsLONDON (Reuters) - Oil hit a record $72.20 a barrel on Tuesday as Iran defied world pressure to halt its nuclear programme, raising new fears of a cut in supplies from the world's fourth biggest crude exporter. more
April 17th 2006
Timberland, with a facility in DR, reasserts its green soul
SANTO DOMINGO.- By unveiling its first solar panel at its California facility, the famed apparel maker Timberland kicks off earth day celebrations. more
March 06th 2006
Global sales of green sourcesNEW YORK – Global annual sales of renewable energies such as wind, solar and biofuels could more than quadruple in a decade to nearly $170 billion if oil prices remain high and technology costs fall, according to a study. more
March 01th 2006
Energy for the futureGeneral Manager of the Barbados National Oil Company, Ron Hewitt says access to crude oil at the best possible prices is a solution that Barbados should pursue. more
January 18th 2006
Oil-Stung Caribbean Looks at Energy AlternativesBy Linda Hutchinson-Jafar, Reuters PORT OF
SPAIN, Trinidad — Caribbean countries, vulnerable to oil shocks and worried rising global oil prices could drag their economies, are exploring renewable energy to ease high oil-import bills.
Solar energy is already used widely
in Barbados and some Eastern Caribbean islands, while Jamaica has invested in wind farming and is pursuing other initiatives toward getting a 15 percent contribution from ethanol and other renewable sources to its electricity mix
by 2015.
