{"id":71830,"date":"2022-06-01T11:43:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/?p=71830"},"modified":"2022-06-01T11:43:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:43:59","slug":"pm-expect-60mw-of-solar-power-by-early-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/pm-expect-60mw-of-solar-power-by-early-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"PM: Expect 60MW of solar power by early next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"cat-links\"><strong class=\"colort-blue txtcl\">Local<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"posted-on\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewnews.com\/pm-expect-60mw-of-solar-power-by-early-next-year\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"entry-date published\">June 1, 2022<\/span><span class=\"updated sr-only\">June 1, 2022<\/span><\/a>\u00a0at 3:57 am<\/span><span class=\"byline\">\u00a0<span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn\" href=\"https:\/\/ewnews.com\/author\/rrolle\">Rashad Rolle<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">NASSAU, BAHAMAS \u2014 Prime Minister Philip \u201cBrave\u201d Davis said Bahamas Power &amp; Light will provide 60MW of its power from a solar field by early next year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was speaking about the importance of embracing cleaner energy forms and decreasing reliance on fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere is plans to move away from fossil fuels but unfortunately the experts have predicted it\u2019s going to be very difficult but many steps in reducing our reliance on it will help,\u201d Davis told reporters outside the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYes, as BPL is concerned with providing our electricity, we hope to convert from the more heavy fuel that we use that contributes more emissions, to LNG that lessens the emissions and we have already committed to having at least by the first part of next year at least a solar field that will provide at least 60MW of electricity power, so we\u2019ll have a mix of fossil fuel and solar power which will again prove to reduce our carbon footprint (in New Providence).\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Highlighting climate change and the impact it has and is projected to have on The Bahamas has been a central part of Davis\u2019 agenda so far.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yesterday, he said the government is introducing electric cars in its fleet to reduce the country\u2019s carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis weekend past a team went into Acklins, Crooked Island, Mayaguana to assess government buildings for the purpose of installing solar panels as a pilot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs we move around our islands, hopefully, most of our islands will be on solar within the next two, three years and that\u2019s the goal as we speak today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOURCE: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-71840\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Eyewitness-News-300x127.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Eyewitness-News-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Eyewitness-News.png 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LocalJune 1, 2022June 1, 2022\u00a0at 3:57 am\u00a0Rashad Rolle NASSAU, BAHAMAS \u2014 Prime Minister Philip \u201cBrave\u201d Davis said Bahamas Power &amp; 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