BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, October 04, 2024 (SKNIS) – At the commissioning of the new six (6) Megawatt Temporary Power Plant at the St. Kitts Electricity Co. Ltd (SKELEC), on October 04, 2024, Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, highlighted that St. Kitts and Nevis is in the transition towards reducing its dependence on fossil fuel through the careful implementation of renewable energy practices and projects.

This energy transition, one of the seven pillars upon which the government’s sustainable island state agenda hinges, is underpinned by the build-out of the dual-fuel power plant and battery energy storage plant in St. Kitts, as well as the introduction of renewable energy-powered desalination plants.

“We have determined, through careful analysis, that if we were to transition St. Kitts and Nevis to renewable energy it would transform St. Kitts and Nevis in its totality,” said Prime Minister Dr. Drew. “It will transform our fiscal situation because renewable energy would cost at least two-thirds less than it costs to generate from fossil fuel. Additionally, it will create a lot more new jobs in the green energy space, and with the decrease in the cost of generation it means, to do anything else in St. Kitts and Nevis the cost of operations will go down.”

To further complement the energy transition, the Federal Government, in close collaboration with the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), is making meaningful progress in geothermal exploration on Nevis to deliver cleaner, cheaper energy for the people of the Federation.

A confident Prime Minister Dr. Drew indicated that if the energy transition the government envisions takes place then “St. Kitts and Nevis will be in a different stratum of development.”