Caribbean Export OUTLOOK 2016 - 2017

Clearing the Hurdles

This is good news for the Caribbean as geothermal has an impressive array of advantages over other known sources of energy.

NREI, this is primarily because they lie near and above two continental plate boundaries where volcanic activity has created high-temperature reservoirs “at sufficiently shallowdepths tomake their development reasonably practical and economically competitive.” This is good news for the Caribbean as geothermal has an impressive array of advantages over other known sources of energy. It’s much more efficient thandiesel,thecostlyimportedsourceofgenerating electrical power for just about all of the Caribbean, and it doesn’t billow greenhouse gases into the air, another important factor amid growing concerns over global warming. Unlike wind or solar power, which depend on prevailing weather conditions – there’s no solar power if the sun isn’t shining, no windpowerifthere’snowind–geothermalenergy is always available.

A few things you should know about Nevis

first hostelry in the entire region catering specifically to visitors, among them British and European aristocracy. Nevis was also a major producer of sugar, once the world’s most precious commodity and the profits from which helped finance Britain’s monumental Industrial Revolution. One thing Nevis doesn’t have? A traffic light. Neither does its sister island of St. Kitts, but the nation does have a seat in the United Nations. The federation was governed for just under two decades by former Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, who was the longest serving head of state in theAmericaswhenhis Labour Partywas voted out of power in February, 2015. The new Team Unity government is headed by Prime Minister, Dr. the HonourableTimothy Harris.

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis – There’s a lot more to Nevis than meets the eye, although what does meet the eye is rather sensational: a 36-squaremileCaribbeanparadise surrounded by some of the world’s finest beaches. For starters, it’s a haunt of the rich and famous – Oprah, Beyonce and Jay Z, Keith Richards, Michael Douglas, Janet Jackson, Sylvester Stallone and Meryl Streep, to name a few. It’s also big on history. British naval hero Horatio Nelson was married here. Alexander Hamilton, America’s first secretary of the treasury and the architect of what we now know as the capitalist system, was born here. So was the Caribbean’s tourism industry – the stately Bath Hotel, built in 1778, was the

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