WILLEMSTAD - The Minister of Economic Development Ruisandro Cijntje says that he is committed to reducing energy costs and is looking at new opportunities for Curaçao. He did this by visiting Trinidad & Tobago. Here he looked at the possibilities for investments by the National Energy Company (NEC) in the Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) plant at Bullen Bay.
Last week, the minister traveled to Trinidad and Tobago with Ramon Chong of the Ministry of Economic Development (MEO), Surldric Rojer, the director of Kompania di Tou Kòrsou (KTK) and KTK manager Vernon Hooftman.
The ministry hopes that they can start an on- and offshore service with the ships that transport LNG.
During the trip, discussions were also held about the production of solar panels that can be delivered more cheaply to Curaçao. This would then be possible by merging Curaçao with fifteen other Caribbean islands in that project.
The cooperation with the Curaçao Ports Authority (CPA) was also discussed to extend the contracts of the KTK personnel so that they can continue to be deployed in collaborations with the Curaçao Ports Authority (CPA).