The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) has officially opened a new Centre for Digital Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing and named it in honour of Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley. As such, the unit, which is located at CMU’s Palisadoes Park in Kingston, is now called the Dr. Andrew Wheatley Centre for Digital Innovation and Advanced...

The Government has signed a loan agreement for US$15 million with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), to assist with the cost of rolling out the Energy Management and Efficiency Programme (EMEP). The contract was signed at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service in downtown Kingston on November 10 by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica has the potential to produce up to 50 per cent of the country’s energy needs from renewable sources. The Prime Minister, who was speaking to reporters following a tour of BMR Jamaica Wind in St. Elizabeth on November 8, said the country “has to think carefully and strategically as to how...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says Community Access Points (CAP) across the island are being retrofitted with solar panels in order to make them more energy-efficient. He said the objective is to ensure that the overall operation of these sites “is as cost-effective as possible”. Dr. Wheatley informed that he had commissioned an audit...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says the new bio digester system at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, which was built by the Scientific Research Council (SRC), proves that Jamaica can be a producer of technology rather than a mere consumer. “As a Government we are pleased to see we are able to harness...

Jamaica and the Caribbean’s first net zero energy building was officially opened on Wednesday (October 25) on the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Mona Campus. The 2,300-square-foot structure, situated along Gibraltar Way, is designed as a model to encourage construction of sustainable and energy-efficient buildings throughout the region. As a prototype, it will demonstrate emerging and best practices in...

The public is being invited to provide feedback on the Data Protection Bill, which was tabled in the House of Representatives earlier this month by the Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Senior Advisor in the Ministry, Trevor Forrest, informed that the Bill can be downloaded from Parliament’s...