In Papiamento, there is a well-known saying that goes: "cacho cu nenga weso, ta weso mes e lo come" which also aligns with the information that surfaced yesterday in the Dutch press regarding green energy. Yesterday morning in The Hague, during a meeting with the...
Installation of Floating Wind Farms between Curaçao and Aruba
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