St Vincent and the Grenadines embarks on renewable energy path

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, (IPS) – For decades, the fertile slopes of La Soufriere volcano, which occupies the northern third of this 344-kilometre-square island, has produced illegally grown marijuana that fuels the local underground economy, and the trade in that illicit drug across the eastern Caribbean.

But now, the 1,234-metre-high mountain, which last erupted in 1979, is now being explored for something very different — its geothermal energy potential.

The Ralph Gonsalves government believes that geothermal energy will be a “game changer” for the local economy.

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