Cayman Time » solar http://blog.thereef.com Cayman Blog from The Reef Resort in Grand Cayman Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:40:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Electric Cars in Grand Cayman?! http://blog.thereef.com/2011/06/electric-cars-in-grand-cayman/ http://blog.thereef.com/2011/06/electric-cars-in-grand-cayman/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:02:41 +0000 Caymangirl http://blog.thereef.com/?p=1291 YES, that’s right, the next time you are in Grand Cayman, you may very well be driving an electric car! Yesterday, the first solar panel charging station was unveiled at Governors Square, Grand Cayman, and theReef is please to announce that we have signed up to be one of the charging station locations too!

Image courtesy of Caymanian Compass

Image courtesy of Caymanian Compass

 

 

The man behind the drive for electric vehicles in Cayman (no pun intended!), is Mr. John Felder. Mr. Felder has been working on this project in Cayman for six years and earlier this year he sold the first electric vehicle, a Chevy Volt, to Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC). These charging stations are the first of its kind in the Caribbean and theReef is very proud to support this innovative green movement.

At the moment 14 solar panel chargers are planned for Grand Cayman, including the station at theReef. The chargers have wind-resistant solar panels which will form a canopy over the car (bonus your car is kept shaded too). Surplus energy will also be fed back into Cayman’s national grid.

You can read more about Mr. John Felder’s plans for electric cars in Cayman here.

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