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The Ministry of Energy and Mining is to collaborate with the Organization of American States (OAS) to negotiate technical support, in the area of capacity building in Jamaica's energy policy. This was noted by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Hillary Alexander, at the two-day Renewable Energy Meeting and site visits for Energy Ministers and other senior government officials from...

United States-based lighting and solar technology company GreenRg Management, LLC, plans to invest in Jamaica through its Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology. The company manufactures various products using LEDs, which are semiconductor devices that create light without the use of mercury or gas. GreenRG Management has already produced items such as LED indoor and outdoor fixtures, lighting controls, light bulbs...

State Minister for Energy and Mining, Hon. Laurence Broderick, has said that Jamaica is advanced in the development of renewable energy, surpassing a number of Caribbean countries. "We are very much ahead of the other islands," he noted for example, that Trinidad and Tobago was just looking to develop a centre of excellence for renewable energy, while Jamaica already had...

Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson, says the soon to be implemented Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project represents a major revolutionary move for Jamaica's energy sector. "It is going to mean that Jamaica is free, at last. Free to compete, free to process bauxite to alumina, free to build a sustainable tourism industry and free to manufacture," remarked...

Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson, has informed that implementation of the Government's Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project, is expected to save the country some US$1.2 billion in energy costs. "It will be a turning point when this project is implemented in the first quarter of 2013," the Minister said, at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House,...

Government is to begin talks for the establishment of a floating storage and re-gasification unit, which will form the centrepiece of the Government's planned energy diversification programme, which involves the use of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson, in a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 15), said Cabinet has given...

The Organisation of American States (OAS) has committed to providing technical assistance for biofuel development and policy support in Jamaica, through an inter-governmental energy project, supported by the Governments of Brazil and the United States. The overall goal of the project is to develop and implement Jamaica's biofuels policy and establish a strong legal and regulatory framework for a vibrant...

Alternative Power Sources is one company at the forefront of Jamaica's Energy sector, helping families and business to reduce their energy bill and, at the same time, advancing the national renewable energy agenda. More importantly, Head of the company, Damien Lyn, reports that the renewable energy installation business has been a viable investment for him. "When I saw several companies...

Over 30 professionals in the energy sector are participating in a two-week pre-training course in the use of an energy modeling software, which will assist in building the country's sustainable energy capacity. The software, called the Model for Energy Supply Strategy Alternatives and their General Environmental impacts (MESSAGE) is used to formulate and evaluate alternative energy supply strategies for a...

A new energy policy document, based on national consultations and comments from a wide cross-section of society as well as current realities facing Jamaica, has been tabled in Parliament by Minister of Mining and Energy, the Hon Jams Robertson. According to the Minister the document represents a revision of the Energy Policy Green Paper 2006-2020, which had been tabled by...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) has boosted its power-generating capacity with the re-opening of the Constant Spring Hydroelectric Power Plant, which had been out of service since 2001. The plant is powered by the Hermitage Dam and the Wag Water and Boar Rivers and will allow the JPS to add 0.77 megawatts of electricity to the national grid, which...

Minister of Energy and Mining, James Robertson has proposed to Cabinet that the Jamaica National Energy Policy 2009-2030 be tabled in Parliament as a White Paper to facilitate its timely implementation. Minister of Information, Daryl Vaz told this week's Post Cabinet Press briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston that the Energy Minister had presented Cabinet with a Submission in connection...