Wind energy will be the focus of the next Town Hall meeting on Bermuda's power needs.

The Department of Energy is conducting a series of meetings as part of consultation into the Island's future energy sources. Information could be used in drafting a Green Paper on the issue.

The next meeting with be on Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Bermuda College room G301 and speaker Chris Worboys will address issues including the potential wind resource in Bermuda and possible locations of wind turbines.

The Bermuda Wave Energy project plans to install a commercial wave-energy generating platform to produce a two mega watt (Mw) demonstration model.

The system will then use a phase-in approach after demonstrating 'Proof-of-Concept' and a 'Working Model' before scaling up to the commercial-sized platform capable of producing 20Mw and more if required.

Once the Green Paper has been produced and made available to the public there will be further public consultation meetings to help develop the 'White Paper'. These are energy building blocks that will help in the development of regulatory options and Bermuda's National Energy Policy.