Let's Build Gonave, Haiti!

There is no question that wind would be a good way to power Gonave.  I have wrote a few different blogs that talked about wind farms on land and in the sea.  Given Gonave's location and the strong winds that blow across the island, wind turbines are a no brainer. The wind turbines produces different amounts of power, but according to Hurko Co, a company that is proposing to build a Focus City on Gonave, the ones that could be developed would be 2 MW of power each.  The would look similar to the photo above (courtesy of earthtechling.com).  This photo was sent to be Hurko Co as a model for what they expect for Gonave.  They would build a road (most likely gravel) to connect different communities, and along the way build these large turbines. Potential grant money from the United States could be used to build these turbines over a stretch of 1 to 2 miles.  The power created would be enough to start small scale manufacturing, and even powering homes on ...

As I mentioned last year I have been in talks with some businesses and NGO's that are either on the island or interested in coming to the island.  I also have been in talks with some folks on the ground to gauge ideas on how to improve Gonave.  I often hear many things, and some are just mobility. To get from one end of the island to the other, if the roads were paved, would take 45 min or so but due to mainly dirt roads that are in bad condition, it can take several hours.  One way to obviously fix this is to pave roads.  Well given the small amount of my group has, and the NGO's who provide basics for the population, a paved road is the last thing on many people's minds. So the alternative is gravel roads. like the one listed below.  Gravel roads are used by many places, even in America to solve road issues when paving isn't needed.  This partial paving method is key when you need either a temporary road or a permanent road in the future. This road...