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Eagle LNG, APC, APUA begin work on

LNG-to-power project in Antigua

PROJECTS & US-BASED Eagle LNG Partners and its part- Ambassador Tagliatela also stressed this
COMPANIES ners Antigua Power Company (APC) and the point. “I am confident that this new partnership
Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) have will put Antigua and Barbuda on the path to fur-
begun executing an LNG-to-power project on ther low-carbon solutions,” she commented.
the island of Antigua. Meanwhile, Sean Lalani, the president of
According to a statement from the US Eagle LNG, noted that the gas delivered to the
Embassy in Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean new TPP in Antigua would be sourced from the
and the OECS, the three companies broke US. “Eagle LNG Partners has been delivering
ground on a new thermal power plant (TPP) that LNG in the Caribbean for a number of years
will use regasified LNG as a source of fuel. They now and is pleased to add Antigua and its neigh-
marked the event in a ceremony that was also bours as the recipients of clean, affordable and
attended by Linda Taglialatela, the US ambas- assured supply of liquefied natural gas from our
sador to Antigua and Barbuda and the Eastern Jacksonville, Florida production facility,” he said.
Caribbean. “Our partners, APC and APUA Electricity, are
The TPP is being built in Crabbs, a town on an integral part of our plans to invest in and grow
the Crabbs Peninsula on Antigua’s northern jobs for Antigua.”
coast. The area is already home to a 50.9-MW The statement also noted that the US The project will
TPP that burns petroleum products, but the new Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados, had helped
plant will be the first gas-fired facility of its kind foster the connection between Eagle LNG, APC help the island
on the island. and APUA. “Eagle LNG, a Texas-based com-
No information was available as of press time pany, was introduced to the APC through the switch to a
on the value of the project, the generating capac- US Embassy in Bridgetown’s Gold Key Match-
ity of the new TPP or the volumes of LNG slated making Service, whereby the embassy screens, cleaner-burning
for delivery to Antigua. qualifies and arranges meetings with potential fuel for electricity
The project will help the island switch to a agents, distributors or other business partners
cleaner-burning fuel for electricity generation. for American companies,” it explained. generation.
Andre Matthias, the manager of APUA’s elec- Eagle LNG is already active in Antigua and
tricity business unit, highlighted this goal, say- Barbuda. Last year, the company signed a long-
ing: “This LNG project will ensure that we satisfy term agreement with Barbuda Ocean Club, the
the government’s mandate in reducing carbon operator of a new resort community operated
emissions and at the same time maintaining by Scottsdale, Arizona-based Discovery Land
the stability of the grid as we add additional Partners. At the time, Eagle LNG said it had
generation.” agreed to supply the resort with LNG from its
Likewise, Francis Hadeed, the chairman of gas liquefaction plant and export facility in
APC, said: “For over twenty-five years, the APC Jacksonville. It also explained that it had agreed
has been in the power generation industry. We to provide an integrated turn-key solution for
are pleased to be partnering with Eagle LNG to delivery and regasification of the LNG, which
introduce clean liquefied natural gas to Antigua Barbuda Ocean Club intends to use as a fuel for
and Barbuda and the wider Caribbean.” power generation.™

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