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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...

The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) on February 16, officially launched its ‘Lighting Efficiency Project’, at the Half-Way Tree Primary School, St. Andrew, which will see the institution raking in estimated savings of some $264,450 annually. Under the project, the PCJ has replaced all the school’s T12 fluorescent lamps with energy efficient T8 fluorescent lamps; all magnetic ballasts with energy...

The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) says it expects increased public involvement in energy efficiency, from its islandwide series of seminars, dubbed "Jamaica’s Energy Future". Against the background of rising energy costs facing the public, Chief Technical Director at the PCJ, Earl Green, told JIS News that the series of symposia was part of its three-year corporate plan, and that...

The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) will host the second in a series of energy symposia at the PCJ auditorium, in Kingston, on Thursday, February 17. The year-long series, launched on February 9 under the theme: ‘Jamaica’s Energy Future’, will cover, among other things, access to, and the development of renewable energy technologies; energy efficiency and conservation; energy in the...

The wind energy workshop organized by Wigton Wind Farm Limited, and held on Tuesday February 1 at the company’s training centre, Rose Hill, Manchester, has passed on critical information to the persons who participated in the one day event. “It was quite informative, we got a number of questions answered and it serves as a point for us as renewables...

A $10.3 million research partnership agreement for a small scale biodiesel pilot project, using Jamaican oilseed bearing plants to produce fuel, was signed Friday February 11 between the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica’s Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy (PCJ’s CERE) and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI). The project seeks to assess the viability of producing biodiesel for...