The Legislature declares that it is in the public interest to develop and expand solar and wind energy systems to meet the present and future energy needs of the Virgin Islands. The owner of a solar or wind energy system would be permitted to negotiate for assurance of the continued access to the owner’s energy […]
(a) “Solar or Wind Energy Systems” means any system that converts, stores, collects protects, or distributes the energy of the sun or wind into mechanical, chemical or electrical energy to provide power generation for the heating of water, the heating of cooling of buildings or other structures, and other similar purpose. (b) “Small Wind Energy […]
(a) Any covenant, condition, or restriction contained in any deed, contract, mortgage, security instrument, or other instrument pertaining to a conveyance, sale or transfer of real property or interest therein which prohibits or unreasonably limits the installation or use of a solar or wind energy shall be void and unenforceable. (b) A covenant, condition, or […]
Notwithstanding the provisions of title 29 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 3, a tower used in a solar or wind energy system is limited in height only by regulations for small wind energy system and by FAA regulations for utility scale energy systems.