Cogeneration a viable alternative to landfill

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Dear Sir:

Some time ago I wrote Cayman Net News about cogeneration facilities on the islands. After Ivan there was a very large amount of debris that had to be disposed of and put forth the idea of a cogeneration facility to do it. This trash has undoubtedly NOT left the island.

Cogeneration is a very viable alternative to landfills and diesel generated electricity for your fine island. Depending on how much waste there is to burn, you could very easily set up a plant, the more waste to dispose of, the greater the electricity generation potential and thus the greater savings over diesel powered generation plants.

While there is a considerable initial cost to build a cogeneration plant the obvious savings in valuable land on Grand Cayman makes a plant that much more viable. You obviously have a finite amount of land to use for disposal yet with a burner you would save large tracts of land for other uses.

I commend your legislators for having the ability to look forward to alternative energy generation. Weaning the islands from foreign fuel sources for electrical power would be...as Martha sez...'A Good Thing'. I agree wholeheartedly.

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