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Members of staff of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) and its subsidiaries will benefit from a week-long Corporate Fraud Prevention and Detection course, which will be hosted at the PCJ’s auditorium from March 14-18, 2011. The training will be conducted by President and CEO of the Florida-based Certified Information Security, Allen Keele, a Certified Internal Controls Risk Analyst, Business...

A call has been made for qualified electrical engineers to take advantage of the opportunities existing for energy auditors, and for the implementation of energy auditing projects, with over $1 billion available annually for these projects. The call came from Acting Group Managing Director of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Nigel Logan, in an interview with JIS News. He...

The community of Accompong Town in St. Elizabeth now has an Internet café, which was established through funding from the Universal Access Fund (UAF). Speaking at the recent handing over ceremony, head of the Maroon Council, Colonel Ferron Williams, expressed gratitude to the donors. He promised that the community will care for the facility and extend its use to surrounding...

KINGSTON — Minister of State in the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Hon. Laurence Broderick has reiterated the government’s thrust towards the further development of renewable energy sources, while it also focuses on demand reduction. He was speaking yesterday, at the first staging of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica’s (PCJ) Energy Seminar Series, held at the entity’s Trafalgar Road headquarters....

Jamaica’s rich potential in the alternative energy sector was unveiled to potential investors at the Commonwealth Power Summit held in London this week. Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson, who was the main speaker at a session on ‘Power Opportunities in the Caribbean’, outlined a number of projects that offer investment possibilities in the areas of wind and...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said that the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) is engaged in bringing up renewable energy generation in Jamaica to 11% (eleven per cent) by next year and 20% (twenty per cent) by 2030. He said that over the next two years studies will be done at 20 potential wind energy sites, a solar farm and ten hydro...

The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) is encouraging members of the public including business operators and investors to come out in their numbers for its Energy Seminar on Thursday March 3 at the PCJ Auditorium in Kingston, commencing at 5:30 p.m. The seminar will provide information on: ·        Energy efficient technologies and practices that persons can utilize to reduce utility...

The Government’s thrust in having the private sector invest in alternative energy, has received strong support from energy specialist with the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Dr. Raymond Wright. Dr. Wright, Manager for Special Projects with the PCJ, who describes himself   as “an evangelist for private sector involvement in energy production,” told JIS News that he fully supported the move...

As the world economy continues to grapple with the rising cost of crude oil, which is now at a record high of US$100 per barrel, and threatening to go up even further, more and more countries are looking towards alternative sources of energy, including renewable sources, to meet their needs. Renewable energy refers to energy from natural sources such as...

Commissioner of Mines in the Mines and Geology Division of the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Clinton Thompson, is urging quarry operators to conform to the conditions of their licences or risk having them suspended or revoked. He said that they may also be faced with increased fines, once the new amendments to the operating procedures are initiated.   “It...

Jamaica is a step closer to achieving its target of 11 per cent renewable energy use by 2012, with the completion of the expansion works at Wigton Windfarm Limited. The expanded operations, carried out at a cost US$49 million through the PetroCaribe Fund, will be officially commissioned into operation by Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Hon. Bruce Golding on Wednesday,...

An alliance has been formed between the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) and the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), for greater compliance in the importation of energy efficient devices and equipment. However, PCJ Chief Technical Director, Earl Green, told JIS News that only the procurement of devices which are tested and proven for the Jamaican market would be encouraged. “We...