One in every of Carnival Company’s cruise ports within the Caribbean is now 80% powered by photo voltaic after the corporate opened a brand new photo voltaic park.
Amber Cove, a cruise port within the Dominican Republic that’s visited by 4 of Carnival’s cruise strains, has a brand new 1,800+ photo voltaic panel park that is ready to produce 80% of the port’s energy wants.
The corporate held a ribbon reducing ceremony this week to rejoice the port switching over to principally renewable power.
“As we convey visitors to benefit from the magnificence and wealthy tradition of the Dominican Republic, we additionally take our environmental stewardship right here and in all places we go to very significantly,” stated Duffy. “With this new photo voltaic park in Amber Cove, we’re furthering our dedication to sustainability at our locations by specializing in renewable power sources to energy the overwhelming majority of the port’s wants.”
“On behalf of the Authorities, we rejoice this achievement, which makes Amber Cove the primary cruise terminal within the nation with a challenge of this scale,” stated Joel Santos, minister of the presidency of the Dominican Republic. “This challenge will undoubtedly contribute to the manufacturing of unpolluted power and environmental sustainability in Puerto Plata, the primary vacationer vacation spot within the Dominican Republic.”
Carnival Company estimates that the brand new photo voltaic park at Amber Cove will scale back greenhouse gasoline emissions by roughly 1,000 tons per 12 months.
Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, and Costa Cruises all have cruise ships that go to Amber Cove on Caribbean itineraries.
Amber Cove is a non-public cruise port constructed by Carnival Company that opened in late 2015. Carnival invested over $80 million constructing the port.
Different personal ports constructed by Carnival Company embrace Grand Turk and Mahogany Bay.
