In Dem Old'en Days, when all relied on one's individual well & catchment water; after the hurricanes passed causing salt intrusion, an Act of God was an acceptable excuse . Everyone pitched in to help those who could not provide for themselves while the wells cleared themselves, particularly as Reverse Osmosis systems were very very expensive. Today that is not the case, at around $3000 per unit, most vessels over 30' have their own.

Many households can not afford such a luxury & maintenance item, thus we are connected to citywide utility water systems at a monthly cost. Paying for service & management.

Hurricanes & other Act of God events, are not new to any tropical island, their severity is something new and we all must make adjustments to our protection procedures accordingly.
Planning, purchasing & installation of a Permanent Utility sized system in 2 years is acceptable, but not as an excuse for inaction post storm. Taking 2 years to replace/install a Temporary Reverse Osmosis System is no excuse, there are many trailer mounted rental units available for interim use from all over the world, many surplus military units.

Poor Planning, like Poor Management is not excusable. Think & Work Together.

A simple question. Cryogenic LNG requires warming before use as a gas/fuel, most often by sea water. Where is the water taken from? And most important where is the chilled water discharged? A pond? The sea? Recirculated in air conditioner/refrigeration systems?

There are serious alternatives to such high interest loans, to be paid by the consumer, Bahamians are hurting. Natural Compressed Gas is considerably cheaper for the consumer & much better for the equipment & environment. No re-inventing the old broken wheel, a good interim technology till solar and battery storage are efficient & economically viable. Florida Power & Light knows.
Follow the $$$, bond brokers commissions & fees... you will pay these.

True there is an abundance of sand in various locations, but was this not a sensitive issue a while back when dredging & exporting volumes of sand to Florida & elsewhere was considered raping the country by a few?
What Mr. Sands is suggesting has its virtues & concerns, to create a product & export it to compete on the world market is a good move, but will the quality justify the cost?
The sand will need washing to minimize salt corrosion of internal steel mesh & supports; who has enough fresh water in their groundwater lens to spare? Reverse osmosis for freshwater is expensive, ask the govt. Possibly why you see large mounds of rock/sand waiting years for rain to fall... that is not eliminating the salt, just superficial rinsing.
Cement is an expensive import, will the govt. be subsidizing? There is a company making construction components in GB, their cost/prices are not low.
Transport cost of a heavy end product is another crippler, may be why Mexico exports cement instead of concrete, they have loads of sand, clay & water.
Considering the basics before a business model is put forth.

Each fuel has a standard/criteria, this is tested before it enters the vessel & before it is discharged into land tanks. Standard procedure worldwide (at a cost). Not certain if is procedure on interisland transfers, should be. Or was wrong fuel placed in wrong tank? Contaminating the service tank & damaging engine fuel system?
Time to honestly consider Compressed Natural Gas (one source - one tank), cheaper & more reliable, less pollution. Not LNG, which requires much warming water & killing fish. If good enough for new Cruise Line ships & many worldwide utilities like FPL, why not Bahamas? I believe there is an offer before govt on same? Including conversions? Si.

Yet once again EMERA execs get a $1mil raise. This while pushing for a rate hike in economically devastated GB. (https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured… )
Corporate greed
How is your day going? Got a million $$ raise?

I do not understand the Co*ones of these corporate entities that feel they are not responsible for hurricane damages repairs of THEIR properties. HWhapoa has taken the insurance funds & refused to repair Twice! (Hotel & airport). Here a power company that owns the distribution network, is passing on the cost of Their Lack of Maintenance & upgrades, there are many poles & cables still down from before Mathews.
Certainly there is no such thing as Easy-Insurance in the Hurricane Belt, but it is available. What about insurance for the Ice-Belt, when every rain drop freezes on the lines, trees, poles etc. multiple times throughout any winter, particularly a Canadian one.
This same corporation is pushing advancing state of the art small-grid battery storage & PV systems in Florida, who is going to pay for the wind blown panels? the retirement community?
Charging your clients for your self-insuring choices, who have no choice of whom to get power from, in the middle of a pandemic/recession is criminal. At least wait till the economy improves sufficiently. Then stick it to 'em, as you will.

How old is this structure? 5-6 years old? is this an indication of the Chinese quality construction work?
Questions need to be asked.

Like Oil, it's how much of a cost to extract, condition for market & transport.
Peru requires digging up, transport railways, grinders, more railroads to embarkation port, ship to client. Big Expenses.
Bahamas requires vacuum pumping from bar, water separation, barge transport to client, almost in one motion. Big Profit.

Is anyone surprised? Every year I am still waiting on the three wise men to bring me gifts.
Once the site is accessible. This is a perfect opportunity for the environmental groups to photograph, document, study the effects of the drilling process on the remote local biosphere. Particularly the damages from anchors, support vessels , drilling effluent/mud discharges & even garbage from the ship. We know what a spill can do.
There is always some oil underground, everywhere, remember the various Mass Extinctions in our long geologic history? The real question is How Much oil & How Expensive to access? This latter question is the fertile ground for many an investment scam.