{"id":8858,"date":"2019-04-11T13:58:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T18:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=8858"},"modified":"2019-04-11T13:58:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T18:58:46","slug":"funds-secured-for-two-geothermal-turbines-says-vince-henderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/funds-secured-for-two-geothermal-turbines-says-vince-henderson\/","title":{"rendered":"Funds secured for two geothermal turbines says Vince Henderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Advisor to the Dominica Geothermal Development Company (DGDC), His Excellency Dr. Vince Henderson has said that the financing package for Dominica\u2019s Geothermal Program has been secured.<\/p>\n<p>The financing package, which includes $22 million in grants, was approved by the World Bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn March 15th the executive board of the World Bank approved financing for geothermal projects which includes US$17.2 million of concessionary loan at 0.75 percent with a grace period of 10 years and a repayment of 25 years,\u201d Henderson said.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cAlso we are able to receive the approval of US$22 million in grant funding, a package of US$10 million from the UK [United Kingdom] and another $10 million from the Clean Technology Fund and $2 million from SIDS DOCK and these are all in US dollars\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Henderson said that the technical plan for the development of the project has also been secured, \u201cand we are now awaiting the final approval of the tender documents so that we can go to market to invite tenders for an EPC contract, which is Engineering Procurement and Construction contract, [for] the entire development of the plant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that will lead to the construction of two turbines of 3.5 megawatts each in the Laudat area in order to generate power to sell to DOMLEC.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson went on to say that the DGDC late last year finalized negotiations with DOMLEC on the power purchase agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geodominica.dm\/news\/funds-secured-for-two-geothermal-turbines-says-vince-henderson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image:\u00a0 hbieser (Pixabay)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Advisor to the Dominica Geothermal Development Company (DGDC), His Excellency Dr. Vince Henderson has said that the financing package for Dominica\u2019s Geothermal Program has been secured. The financing package,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[216,244],"class_list":["post-8858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-dominica","tag-electricity-energy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Chile-andes-gyeyser-water-vapour-hbieser-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1280%2C847&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-2iS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27077,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/nevis-government-receives-dozens-of-bids-inquiries-for-geothermal-drilling\/","url_meta":{"origin":8858,"position":0},"title":"Nevis government receives dozens of bids, inquiries for geothermal drilling","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"March 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Saint Kitts and Nevis Due to the overwhelming response from prospective bidders, the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) has extended the bidding process for geothermal drilling until March 09, 2023. \u201cSo far I\u2019m told over 30 companies have put in bids or shown interest, and as a result the bidding process\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Water-Smoke-geothermal-energy-Kerry-Pexels.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Water-Smoke-geothermal-energy-Kerry-Pexels.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Water-Smoke-geothermal-energy-Kerry-Pexels.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Water-Smoke-geothermal-energy-Kerry-Pexels.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4976,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/cdb-funds-project-to-assist-with-restoration-of-electricity-in-dominica\/","url_meta":{"origin":8858,"position":1},"title":"CDB funds project to assist with restoration of electricity in Dominica","author":"Michele Marius","date":"March 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has announced that it will provide USD16 million (mn) in funding to Dominica Electricity Services Limited (DOMLEC), to assist with the restoration of electricity generation services. 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