The retail prices of gasoline, diesel and kerosene will decrease, effective midnight Sunday, October 6. Gasoline will be adjusted from $3.81 per litre to $3.65 per litre, which represents a decrease of 16 cents; the price of diesel will drop by 1 cent, from $3.02 per litre to $3.01 per litre, and kerosene will go […]
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The retail prices of gasoline and diesel will increase effective midnight Sunday, September 8. However, the price of kerosene will decrease. Gasoline will be adjusted from $3.78 per litre to $3.81 per litre, while diesel will rise from $2.96 per litre to $3.02 per litre. Kerosene will drop from $1.36 per litre to $1.35 per […]
Don’t play the nation card. Prime Minister Mia Mottley issued that caution to Barbadians on Saturday in the wake of the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Trinidad and Tobago for energy development. In defending her decision, Mottley said Trinidad and Tobago has more than a century’s experience in oil and gas production, and […]
Barbados could be in line to rake in significant revenue from offshore gas. Exploratory drilling in an area called Block 14, located on the country’s border has shown potential, with the first set of wells closer to Trinidad having been successful. On Saturday, the leaders of the two countries, Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Dr […]
Trinidad and Barbados have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate negotiations that should lead to an agreement for the development of energy from hydrocarbons. Leading the Trinidadian delegation was Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley who was accompanied by his Energy Minister Franklin Khan and his Foreign Minister Dennis Moses. On the Barbados side […]
The Barbados Light & Power Company (BLPC) says power was restored to all of its customers by approximately 8:10 p.m. Friday night. BLPC says its crews continue to make good progress on the maintenance work described Friday. Several communities across a number of parishes were without power on Friday as the company battled generator issues. […]
Consumers will pay less for gasoline and diesel, but more for kerosene from midnight Sunday, August 4. Gasoline will retail for BDS$3.78 per litre, down from $3.86, a decrease of $0.08. The price of diesel will be reduced by $0.06, going from $3.02 per litre to $2.96 per litre. However, kerosene will increase by $0.02 […]
The retail prices of gasoline, diesel and kerosene will decrease, effective midnight Sunday, July 7. Gasoline will drop from $3.93 per litre to $3.86 per litre; diesel from $3.14 per litre to $3.02 per litre; and kerosene from $1.43 per litre to $1.34 per litre. This represents a decrease of $0.07 per litre for gasoline, […]
The learning village at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI), with its 109 KW solar photovoltaic (PV) system, possesses the potential to earn BDS$85,000 per year. Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Wilfred Abrahams, disclosed this while speaking at the commissioning of the solar PV system at the Wildey institution on Friday. The installation […]
Consumers will pay more for gasoline, but less for kerosene and liquified petroleum products, from midnight Sunday, May 5. The price of diesel will remain unchanged. Gasoline will retail for BDS $3.88 per litre, up from $3.82 per litre, an increase of 0.06 cents. The price of kerosene will decrease by 0.01 cent, moving from […]
Effective midnight tonight, the retail prices of gasoline and kerosene will increase, while the price of diesel will decrease. Meanwhile, those for liquefied petroleum products will remain unchanged. The retail price of gasoline will be adjusted from BDS $3.57 per litre to BDS $3.82 per litre, an increase of 0.25 cents. The price of kerosene […]
Effective midnight tonight, the retail prices of gasoline, diesel and kerosene will decrease, while the price of liquefied petroleum gas remains unchanged. The retail price of gasoline will be adjusted from BDS $3.60 per litre to BDS $3.56 per litre, a reduction of 0.04 cents. The price of diesel has decreased by 11 cents per […]
Effective midnight tonight, the price of gasoline and diesel will decrease, while that of kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will remain unchanged. The price of gasoline will be adjusted from BDS $3.71 per litre to BDS $3.60 per litre, a reduction of 0.11 cents. The price of diesel will decrease by 0.17 cents, moving […]
Barbadians are being urged to lend a hand as the island’s aspires to become carbon neutral by 2030. Minister of Energy and Water Resources Wildfred Abrahams made the call during his opening remarks at Energy Expo at Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. The expo, an initiative of CARICOM energy month, is being executed under the Disaster Risk […]
Barbados is making strides towards becoming fully powered but renewable energy and Williams Industries is leading the way. “We are saving the island from having to export foreign exchange and we are saving the CO2 going into the atmosphere,” Chairman of Williams Industries, Ralph Bizzy Williams said. He was speaking at the Energy Expo hosted by […]
Prominent businessman, Ralph ‘Bizzy’ Williams has criticized regional governments for their red tape on developmental projects. Williams said regional authorities need to change their mindset and legislation if they want the alternative energy sector to blossom. During an address at the University of West Indies Cave Hill Alumini Symposium on the developmental needs of the […]
There will be an increase in the prices of gasoline, kerosene and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from midnight tonight. However, the price for diesel will remain unchanged at $3.20 per litre. Gasoline will now be sold at $3.91 per litre, up from $3.89, an increase of two cents; while kerosene will now cost $1.54 per […]
