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Solar Power for Petite Martinique

This story was posted 7 years ago
21 March 2014
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Grenlec's Interim CEO Clive Hosten and Chairman Robert Blanchard
Grenlec’s Interim CEO Clive Hosten and Chairman Robert Blanchard

“This launch in Petite Martinique is a significant step in GRENLE’s aggressive drive to diversify our energy portfolio.” This was the assurance from the company’s interim Chief Executive Officer, Clive Hosten, when he addressed the commissioning ceremony of the Petite Martinique Solar Project last week Friday.

The ceremony was for the commissioning of the Petite Martinique facility at Citern, as well the launching of the rooftop solar systems at GRENLEC’s headquarters in Grand Anse. Concerns were expressed about the impact of high fuel cost on national sustainable development.

Hosten said that renewable energy offers the advantage of reducing the price volatility associated with fuel importation. “This impact will be magnified, as we add more renewable energy to our grid. Consequently, over the long term, we can stabilise electricity prices. Renewable energy technology is also better for our environment. It allows GRENLEC to reduce our carbon footprint, by reducing our emissions, and noise from our generation plants. It also increases our energy security, where we do not have to depend on imported fuel.”

“Both systems are photovoltaic, meaning that they generate electricity directly from the sunlight. As our exploratory work has indicated, the installation of these systems has been performing extremely well and consistent with solar technology, we have also seen that the requirement for maintenance is low,” Hosten told media and a delegation of persons from the Government and the non-governmental and Tourism sectors, who attended the ceremony.

Chairman of GRENLEC’s Board, Robert Blanchard Jr, said that his company has been a pioneer in the region for renewable energy, and that he is aware of the great hardship facing customers as a result of high fuel cost. GRENLEC has set a target to achieve 100% renewable energy penetration over the next few years in Petite Martinique, which has a population of less than one thousand. The Petite Martinique project will be able to provide 31.59 kW or 20% of the island’s peak electricity demand, while the rooftop solar systems on the three main buildings at GRENLEC’s headquarters, will produce 148.48 kW.

Fr Carl Haynes blessing the panels
Fr Carl Haynes blessing the panels

 

 

By Linda Straker

 

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