Last Updated on December 6, 2023, 7:47 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Premier of Nevis, Mark Brantley, addressed the nation on 4 December 2023. He announced to the world that the Federation of Kitts and Nevis is fully committed to implementing geothermal energy as a national project.
Mark Brantley shared the fact that the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis is determined to pursue geothermal as a national project for the benefit of both Nevisians and Kittitians. That geothermal energy provided the foundation on which St Kitts and Nevis intended to construct the world’s first sustainable Island State.
“Climate change is no longer a matter of academic lectures; It has become a reality for billions of people around the world.
St. Kitts and Nevis and other Caribbean countries found themselves at ground zero, fighting the wall they didn’t start.
We now have drought, warm oceans, and more violent hurricanes”. Said Premier Mark Brantley.
Mark Brantley noted that In Nevis, they have discovered geothermal energy for the benefit of Nevis and also for exports to other nations around the world.
The Premier emphasizes the point that the harm of renewable energy is qualitatively different to the detriment of fossil fuel energy. He expressed that renewable energy is a step in saving the planet while fossil fuel energy continues to destroy the earth. Both, then, should not be assessed for financial support and pure profit in the same way.
Premier Mark Brantley highlighted that geothermal provides energy security, water security, food security and economic security. St Kitts and Nevis must move with alacrity to harness this gift from God for the benefit of our people.
The Nevis Island Administration (NIA), in collaboration with the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, is making steady progress in advancing the project’s development with a view to finalizing the tender process and beginning drilling for the geothermal energy in 2024.
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