The recent announcement by Prime Minister Andrew Holness to generate 50 per cent of Jamaica’s electricity needs from renewable sources by 2030 is very hopeful. The announcement has raised a few eyebrows, with persons questioning the Government’s commitment to this goal. To achieve the prime minister’s target is not just...
Alternative Energy
JPS Signs Power Purchase Agreement with New Fortress -Third LNG Power Plant to be constructed in Jamaica
On August 23, 2017, JPS signed a Power Purchase Agreement, with New Fortress South Power Holdings Ltd., which will be constructing a 94MW power plant on the grounds of the JAMALCO bauxite operations in Clarendon. The plant will use Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), and will be the third such power...
Energy and the Environment
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Natural Gas vs Coal
Natural Gas vs Coal: Undoubtedly, high efficiency natural gas-fired power stations can produce up to 70% lower greenhouse gas emissions than existing brown coal-fired generators, and less than half the greenhouse gas emissions of the latest technology black coal-fired power stations. Notice the distinction between black and brown coal, however,...
UK Energy Company Buys LNG Asset in Trinidad
Centrica will buy the Trinidadian gas properties of Suncor Energy Inc for $380 million, giving the owner of British Gas its first toehold in a liquefied natural gas project. The deal to acquire Suncor’s portfolio of assets in Trinidad and Tobago gives the owner of Britain’s biggest household energy supplier...