The Auditor General’s report on the operations of the State-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, is to be reviewed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, after which further action will be taken. This is according to Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, who was responding to questions posed by journalists during a post-Cabinet press briefing...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government remains committed to further diversifying Jamaica’s energy mix in a bid to achieving 50 per cent power generation from renewable sources by 2030. Mr. Holness, who was speaking at the Protocolary Session of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington DC on November 27, maintained that if Jamaica is...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin today signed an Energy Framework to foster cooperation on energy and infrastructure investment in Jamaica. Prime Minister Holness and Secretary Mnuchin signed the Framework to Strengthen Infrastructure Investment and Energy Cooperation at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Framework is part of a U.S. initiative called...

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has provided loans totalling more than $3 billion to fund a wide range of energy projects since 2008. The funds have been allocated from the DBJ’s resources as well as provisions from the PetroCaribe Fund, World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank. Managing Director, Milverton Reynolds, said the beneficiaries include approximately 280 businesses, which were...

The Kingston Public, Victoria Jubilee, Mandeville and Falmouth hospitals are to benefit from a project aimed at improving the energy efficiency of the institutions. This follows Cabinet’s approval of the award of a US$5.35-million contract to Power Services Company Ltd to design, supply, install, commission and maintain energy-efficient and renewable-energy interventions at the hospitals. Making the announcement at a post-Cabinet...

Wigton Wind Farm Limited is partnering with the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in utilising geospatial technology to maintain its wind turbines. The university has been commissioned by the entity to build a drone that can be used to inspect the 50-metre-high wind turbines at its South Manchester facility. “Instead of sending a team up, they will be using technology to...

The Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO)/Alpart bauxite company, located in Nain, St. Elizabeth, is giving back to the various communities in which it operates. Public Relations Officer, Julian Keane, tells JIS News that the company supports more than 70 districts in St. Elizabeth and Manchester through education, sports, healthcare, agriculture, and general community development. “We have our mining operations...