KGL to carry out green hydrogen assessment for Dominica

Trinidad-based Kenesjay Green Ltd (KGL) said in a recent press release that it had agreed to perform a green hydrogen assessment for Dominica.

The assessment will be conducted in partnership with the Climate Resilience Execution Agency for Dominica (CREAD), the press release said. KGL is carrying out this task with the goal of providing the island state with a framework for determining how best to utilise its geothermal resources while also advancing its own energy transition plans, together with the global energy transition agenda, it added.

The project will be executed in accordance with a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that was signed by KGL and CREAD at the COP 26 conference. Under this document, the parties are supposed to undertake several sustainability projects, including the development of carbon sequestration and green industrial eco-parks as well as industrial decarbonisation.

According to KGL, the data that is collected through the green hydrogen assessment will be used to create a renewable energy profile of Dominica that will outline all of the nation’s developments while also pinpointing areas where intervention may be necessary. This profile is expected to help guide the Caribbean state’s green investment choices going forward.

“KGL is pleased to contribute, from a private sector investment perspective, towards developing the viable ‘green’ business case for interconnecting Caricom’s renewable energy resources,” KGL chairman Phillip Julien stated.

According to Julien, the project with CREAD will be a key step towards achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. He also referred to the assessment as a fine example of a strategic partnership between public and private enterprises.

Meanwhile, CREAD’s CEO Francine Baron expressed her approval of Dominica’s active approach to climate change in the Caribbean region, highlighting the country’s geothermal-based industrialisation projects that are scheduled to operate from green industrial parks.

Julien largely agreed with Baron’s assessment, explaining at the Energy Chamber’s Caribbean Sustainable Energy Conference 2022 that the country’s decarbonisation efforts remained on track, along with its 2050 vision.