The St. Kitts Ministry of Tourism has announced the opening of a 1.0-megawatt solar powered energy grid. Created to provide operational power to the St. Christopher Air, Sea and Ports Authority (SCASPA), the airport-located solar farm is the most recent green energy partnership between Taiwan and St. Kitts. Other partnership initiatives include solar and LED highway lighting, the installation of solar panels at the island’s government headquarters and the development of an agro-tourism farm.

The solar farm is a joint venture of the Governments of St. Kitts & Nevis and the Republic of China (Taiwan), SCASPA, the Sugar Industry Diversification Fund, and The St. Kitts Electricity Corporation. The US $2.5 million solar farm is expected to save SCASPA more than EC $1...