Using Concrete Wind Turbine Towers in Caribbean

Abstract

Trinidad and Tobago has been adversely impacted by an economic
downturn resulting from depressed oil and gas prices. The country,
once a net exporter of oil, must now import oil to provide fuel for its ve-
hicles and industries. This contributes to the country’s acute foreign ex-
change problem. The country is also experiencing a natural gas shortage
causing curtailments for liquefied natural gas (LNG). A notable amount
of natural gas is used for power generation. Moreover, the petroleum in-
dustry which includes multinational corporations, state-owned oil and
gas companies plus foreign and local service companies, has reduced
their total employment.
One solution is to use renewable energy, particularly wind and
solar power, to generate electricity. This has promising benefits as the
country’s gas reserves can instead be used for exportable petrochemical
products to generate foreign exchange.