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  • JPS braces for power disruption from Saharan dust storm

    June 29, 2020

    The Saharan Air Layer, also known as Saharan dust, is creating electricity supply issues due to the dust contaminating power production infrastructure. With a second wave of Saharan dust coming this weekend, JPS issues a warning for its utility customers.  “The heavy dust represents an increase in contaminants on the system which can result in […]

  • Jamaican airport installing 1 MW solar rooftop

    June 12, 2020

    One of Jamaica’s largest airports is building a 1 MW solar plant, with plans to increase to 3 MW. MBJ Airports Limited, which manages Sangster International Airport, SIA, expects to reduce its electricity bill by 11 percent through a US$1.2 million solar energy project. MBJ Airports said the 1 MW solar plant would be installed […]

  • Jamaica building islandwide EV charging network

    May 28, 2020

    Emanuel DaRosa, the outgoing president and CEO of Jamaica Public Service, JPS, will leave as the company starts setting up an islandwide electric vehicle-charging station network. “This year, you will be able to travel all across the island and never be more than 40 kilometres from a charging station. EVs will transform our lives as […]

  • JPS appoints new CEO

    May 27, 2020

    As Emanuel DaRosa’s term expires on May 30, the board of directors of JPS appointed Michel Gantois to lead Jamaica’s utility as president and CEO.  Previously, Gantois led the development of a hydrogen business unit for an Australian mining company, and has a decade of experience at ENGIE as CEO for Australia, Peru, and Pakistan, […]

  • In Jamaica, electricity demand is down; residential demand is up

    April 23, 2020

    Jamaica’s utility, JPS, reported that while the company has seen an overall decrease in electricity consumption by approximately 2.5 percent in March, residential demand is up by 3 percent. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, many are spending more time at home, and have increased consumption varying five to 50 percent. “People who would have been out […]

  • Jamaica takes a closer look at pumped hydro

    March 26, 2020

    Jamaica has started studying the potential for pumped hydro storage on its electric grid to supply the grid with energy in times of need, as announced by Prime Minister Holness.  The project envisions pulling water from the Middlesex aquifer in St Ann parish and pumping the water to reservoirs at higher elevations. The water would […]

  • Jamaica fires up first CHP plant, fuelled by LNG

    March 13, 2020

    New Fortress Energy began commercial operations of its gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant at the Jamalco refinery in Halse Hall, Clarendon, and hailed the development as another milestone achievement in Jamaica’s transition to natural gas. “We are thrilled to announce the completion of the region’s first combined heat and power plant,” a company […]

  • Jamaica’s energy minister calls for “change of mindset” in shifting energy landscape

    March 9, 2020

    Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, asks for a change in mindset as Jamaica embraces a new era of energy that is focused on increasing the use of renewable resources, in comments delivered at the fourth Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) Ministerial Meeting at the JPS Power Station in […]

  • CDB - Dr. Justin Ram and Dr. Warren Smith

    Blue Economy Accounted for 7% of Jamaica’s GDP in 2017

    February 12, 2020

    The Blue Economy was responsible for more than US$1 billion of GDP in Jamaica in 2017, according to Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Director of Economics Dr. Justin Ram. The announcement was part of the CDB’s annual news conference in Barbados, and included wider discussions about economic growth in the region. Among the economic leaders in […]

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