{"id":48457,"date":"2021-05-13T13:07:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T17:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/?p=48457"},"modified":"2021-05-13T13:07:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T17:07:49","slug":"uae-supports-50m-clear-energy-project-in-dominica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/uae-supports-50m-clear-energy-project-in-dominica\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE supports $50M clear energy project in Dominica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_48459\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48459\" class=\"wp-image-48459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Dominica.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Dominica.jpg 720w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Dominica-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Dominica-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-48459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UAE supports $50M clear energy project in Dominica<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Roseau, Dominica:<\/strong>\u00a0The government of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wicnews.com\/caribbean\/dominicas-yes-we-care-programme-bringing-smile-on-elderly-faces-583834544\/\">Dominica<\/a>\u00a0and the United Arb Emirates Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF) have declared a new deal for a hurricane-resistant clean energy project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project worth $50 million would support the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wicnews.com\/caribbean\/breaking-news-tremors-of-4-1-magnitude-earthquake-felt-in-dominica-514534525\/\">development<\/a>\u00a0of a 5megawatt\/2.5megawatt hours battery storage system which would help strengthen the island\u2019s clean energy initiatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The officials stated that the new clean energy system would\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wicnews.com\/caribbean\/victory-for-dominica-no-active-covid-19-cases-left-542634508\/\">stabilize<\/a>\u00a0the electricity grid in Dominica and also deliver reserve power. Not only that, but it would also control the frequency in extreme weather conditions like the hurricane season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Dominican Prime Minister, Dr Roosevelt Skerrit, expressed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wicnews.com\/caribbean\/dominica-pm-haiti-nationals-dominica-sent-22-million-2020-024534497\/\">gratitude<\/a>\u00a0to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government for their important contribution to the country\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit stated that the hurricane-resistant clean\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wicnews.com\/caribbean\/international-organisations-commending-dominica-handling-covid-pm-skerrit-403234147\/\">energy<\/a>\u00a0project would provide clean, renewable energy to Dominica and achieve the UN\u2019s Sustainable Development goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He stated that the 5MW battery storage system would move Dominica\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wicnews.com\/caribbean\/19-indians-jailed-for-overstaying-and-illegally-departing-dominica-155234180\/\">transition<\/a>\u00a0from fossil fuel to renewable sources of energy in the electricity sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister stated that Dominica looks forward to their partnership with the United Arab Emirates in sustainable development and other sectors of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wicnews.com\/caribbean\/dominica-authorizes-support-of-1-million-for-st-vincent-and-the-grenadines-501334108\/\">mutual<\/a>\u00a0interest. He stated that the country would appreciate working with UAE on bilateral and multilateral issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wicnews.com\/caribbean\/dominica-receive-another-28800-doses-covishield-vaccine-paho-553233832\/\">Fund<\/a>\u00a0was started in 2017 at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week as a partnership between the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), Masdar and ADFD, the UAE\u2019s leading financial organization creating national and global development programmes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sultan Al Shamsi, Assistant Minister of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wicnews.com\/caribbean\/17000-people-dominica-received-first-dose-covid-19-vaccine-081033709\/\">Foreign<\/a>\u00a0Affairs, stated that UAE had been committed to supporting global harmony and success by supporting other countries\u2019 development. This latest action under the UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund allows the country to continue that purpose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief Executive Officer of Masdar- Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, , stated, \u201cThis\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wicnews.com\/caribbean\/7-active-covid-19-cases-dominica-no-deaths-412933722\/\">project<\/a>\u00a0will help the stabilization of Dominica\u2019s electricity grid and allow it to achieve its environment and climate resilience aims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOURCE: WIC NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roseau, Dominica:\u00a0The government of\u00a0Dominica\u00a0and the United Arb Emirates Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF) have declared a new deal for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3993,3447,3992,3991],"class_list":["post-48457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-hurricaneresistantcleanenergyproject","tag-renewableenergy","tag-uaecref","tag-unitedarbemiratescaribbeanrenewableenergyfund"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.svg","month_date":"May","day_date":"13","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}