Wind/Diesel Project Coming to Bonaire

News reports indicate that EcoPower Bonaire BV, has signed a contract with Bonaire’s utility company Water en Energie Bedrijf (WEB) to build a new wind turbine on the island. EcoPower is a consortium of Netherlands company Enercon, and German companies Econcern and MAN.

It is reported that this will be the first step in supplying Bonaire with 10 megawatts of power from wind, and 13 megawatts of power from diesel. That is quite a bit considering Bonaire’s current requirements peak at approximately 12 megawatts. The final system implementation will use wind power for 40% of the power requirements, and should be in place to provide all of Bonaire with power by the end of 2008.

The installation will consist of 11 or 12 windmills in the north eastern part of Bonaire, while the diesel/bio-diesel power generation system will be located near the BOPEC oil terminal on the north west coast of Bonaire. Cost of the complete system is expected to be in the US$35-40 million dollar range.(Source: Windtech International, Belegger.NL (in Dutch))

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