Barbados Light and Power company called upon to lead the way

One businessman and environmental enthusiast is urging the Barbados Light and Power Company(BL&P) to lead the way in importing solar panels for the use of its customers.

Referring to the cries of many Barbadians over the staggering rise in the electricity bills over the past few months, Managing Director of B’s Recycling, Paul Bynoe, urged the BL&P to make it possible for citizens to have easy access to these panels in an effort to reduce costs.

“There are solar panels that can turn sunlight into electricity and I do not know why the Barbados Light and Power is not at the forefront in bringing in these panels to utilise the sunlight that is so free to us,” he told reporters.

Pointing out that his own company’s electricity bill had doubled over the last few months, he pleaded with the Barbados Light and Power to hold hands with government and willing private sector entities to join together in bringing the panels in, noting that the more panels purchased, the cheaper the price.

Noting that there were already more than 300 households on the island with panels, including some low-income earners, Bynoe warned that the time to do this was now.

“Instead of profiting by $43 million, take this and join with someone to find a way to bring these panels to Barbados so that they can be the one that also benefit from them because sooner or later someone else will step in and release those panels in abundance because it is something that we need,” he said.

On those suggestions of turning waste into fuel, Bynoe stated he could not see how these would be prove beneficial to the country, as according to him, oil would still have to supplement the fuel supply.

“Unless you can tell me that we will take all the energy that we earn and utilise this and not have to buy not a single drop of oil at all, then I am saying to you that it won’t work. But, if we have to buy barrels of oil that we have no control over the price, then I am saying to you, let us put up our panels and thank God for his sunlight,” he remarked.

In addition, he urged the country’s lone electricity company to continue its work with the wind turbines, emphasizing that it was critical to use natural resources to cut down on rising energy costs that was the cause of stress for many.

Source: The Barbados Advocate