Anniversary gift for organizations in Bonaire

Kralendijk, December 29, 2023 – In a brief and informal meeting, Water- en Energiebedrijf Bonaire N.V. (WEB) marked the end of their 60th-anniversary celebration. Gerrit Scharrenberg, Chief Operating Officer of WEB, presented a donation of $2500 to three local organizations, as a sign of their commitment to the community of Bonaire. The recipients of this […]

Announcement of electricity and drinking water rates effective January 1st , 2024

Kralendijk, 22 December 2023, – Water en Energiebedrijf Bonaire N.V. (WEB) announces that the rates effective from January 1, 2024, have been established and published. Every year, the rates that the producer may charge WEB and the rates that WEB may charge consumers are determined and announced by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets […]

Unprecedented high temperatures for this time of year

Kralendijk 6. 6. 2023, – The extremely high temperatures experienced very early in the year this year are driving increased demand for both water and electricity. They also create a number of problems in business operations. At the moment, the batteries and partly wind production capacity are also out of operation because installations are being […]

WEB apologizes for accident in Rincon

Kralendijk April 24th, 2023 – The Board of Directors of the Water – en Energiebedrijf Bonaire (WEB) was informed of a serious traffic accident on the road to Rincon, on Saturday, April 22nd, in which a WEB company vehicle was involved. An internal investigation into this accident is currently underway. The Management Board will take […]

Update about last week’s power outage November 24th , 2022

Kralendijk December 2nd  – As is well known, the island of Bonaire was affected by a system wide power outage (event) due to technical failure around 3:00 PM on Thursday November 24th. After completely restoring the electricity service to the island, the technical teams of Water -en Energiebedrijf Bonaire (WEB) and Contour Global Bonaire (CGB) […]

Black Out due to technical issues

Kralendijk – November 25th 2022- The island of Bonaire experienced a double black out on November 24th 2022.The Blackout occurred due to problems with the transmission system equipment at the Karpata Powerplant. In order to investigate this incident, a technical team has been engaged in order to conduct a thorough investigation of the root cause. […]

Minister Wiersma visits WEB Bonaire

Kralendijk, June 6th, 2022 – Dennis Wiersma, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, visited the new drinking water facility at Hato and spoke with instructors and students from WEB.  Water -en Energiebedrijf Bonaire (WEB) has been a recognized training company since 2013 and has 20 employees who are recognized instructors. In recent years, many VMBO […]

CEO WEB Bonaire announces departure

Kralendijk, march 16th 2022 – Alfredo Koolman has announced that as of May 5th , 2022, he will resign from his position as Chief Executive Officer  (CEO) of WEB Bonaire. He returns to Aruba, the island where he was born and raised. The Supervisory Board takes note of Alfredo Koolman’s decision with regret and emphasizes […]