News

Barbados Cabinet Approves $188.5 Million Green Energy Complex at Landfill

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - April 5, 2012

Above: Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (UN Photo/Marco Castro)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Barbados’ cabinet has approved the $188.5 million USD Mangrove Pond Green Energy complex at the Mangrove Pond landfill.

The approval of the project, which will include solar power and wind power facilities, was announced by Environment Minister Dr Denis Lowe.

It will also include a programme to manage solid waste disposal and convert waste into energy.

“What we are also going to be doing in that package of services is to decommission cells one, two and three [at the landfill] and commission the new cell four towards the end of June,” Lowe said.

By converting waste, the project will turn 350 tonnes of solid waste per day into between 10 and 14 megawatts of electricity.

It could also give Barbados the opportunity to produce and sell carbon credits.

“We could earn quite a bit for selling the green credits,” he said.

In total, the project could produce as much as 25 megawatts of power.

“Waste generation in Barbados grows almost by the day because of the increase in the housing stock and other factors,” he said. “[The project] really is a broad framework that includes a number of living aspects that should put Barbados in good stead in the future.”

Popular Posts best caribbean restaurants

The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean - 2025

No region in the world has a more diverse or dynamic culinary continuum than the Caribbean. Just about every cuisine on earth is represented, often in wonderfully, intoxicatingly fused expressions. Across the breadth of the Caribbean Basin, you will find […]


American Airlines Is Launching Flights to an Uncrowded Caribbean Island With White-Sand Beaches, Bonefishing and a New Luxury Resort

american airlines caribbean island south

There are white sand beaches. There is abundant bonefishing. But the biggest thing about the island of South Caicos in Turks and Caicos is that indescribable feeling of romance, of adventure. The way you feel when you really travel far […]


The Southern Corner of This Caribbean Island Is Filled With Endless Beaches, a Boutique Resort and a Spirit of Adventure    

eleuthera caribbean island

You can get lost out here. There are nearly 4,500 acres of Bahamian frontier here, filled with casuarinas, empty trails and secluded white-sand beaches. Take a golf cart, or a bicycle or, if you’re daring, just a pair of running […]


Related Posts patricia affonso dass

Barbados' Patricia Affonso-Dass on the Art of the Boutique All-Inclusive Resort

Since its inception roughly 16 years ago, the Ocean Hotels Group has made significant strides in transforming the South Coast of Barbados into an area of the country that is synonymous with high-end all-inclusive resorts. Patricia Affonso-Dass, group general manager of […]


This Barbados All-Inclusive Just Joined Virtuoso 

virtuoso barbados

The Virtuoso network of luxury travel advisors has a new member hotel in the Caribbean, Caribbean Travel Advisor has learned.  Virtuoso has welcomed the O2 Beach jClub and Spa in Barbados to its network of more than 2,300 preferred travel […]


“Resilience Is at the Core of the Caribbean’s Identity”

barbados beach

What’s next for tourism in the Caribbean? Whether it’s climate adaptation, workforce development or diversification, the region’s most important industry continues to change and evolve, with new challenges continuing to emerge.  Tackling those challenges is at the core of this […]