St. Lucia

The formal launch of the Saint Lucia Banana Industry Trust‘s (BIT) Photovoltaic Project took place on Thursday 13th  August 2009. The event was held at the headquarters of the National Trust at Pigeon Island, one of the beneficiary sites of the project. This project is among several sustainable development focused...

At Saint Lucia’s 2009 Science Fair held at the Beausejour grounds the projects submitted by the competing students focused mainly on energy saving and the creation of new products by employing the 3Rs concept (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). The products delivered proves that Saint Lucian youths are ready for the challenge that...

Saint Lucia’s lone electricity supplier, LUCELEC, faced up to the challenge of expanding its power sources and reducing its dependency on oil. The company’s progress towards use of potential alternative power sources such as wind and solar energy has in the past been hindered by storage limitations and existing regulations. Nonetheless,...