The maker of high-end vacuum cleaners and fans is turning to electric car manufacturing. UK technology group Dyson is working on a premium electric car to go on sale in 2020, entering the motor industry at a time of intense change and disruption. Meanwhile in India, a different type of electrical vehicle is gaining market […]
Renewable Energy
45% Of The Energy Will Come From Cheaper, Cleaner Liquefied Natural Gas By June 2019 -JPS
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says that by June 2019, 45 percent of the energy it supplies to the country will come from cheaper, cleaner liquefied natural gas (LNG). By then, the power company’s Old Harbour and Jamaica Aluminium Company (Jamalco) plants will come on stream to join the Bogue facility in St. James, which […]
Musk’s Grand Unification Of Tesla’s Clean Energy Ambitions, Combining Solar Power, Batteries, And Electric Cars
Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. is advancing plans to expand the U.S. solar market and has begun taking US$1,000 deposits for its remarkable new solar roof tiles. Tesla will begin production of two of the four styles it unveiled in October: a smooth glass and a textured glass tile to be delivered this summer. Musk’s vision […]
JPS Signs Power Purchase Agreement With Eight Rivers Energy Company, To Construct A 37MW Solar Power Plant In Paradise Park Westmoreland
Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) has signed a Power Purchase Agreement, with Eight Rivers Energy Company, to construct a 37MW Solar Power Plant in Paradise Park Westmoreland later this year. Under the agreement, JPS will be purchasing electricity from the new solar facility for twenty years, to the year 2038. This is the second […]
Eight Rivers Energy Company Selected As Preferred Renewable Energy Bidder – Updated
Eight Rivers Energy Company Limited (EREC) has been selected as the preferred bidder to build, own and operate a 33.1 megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation facility at Paradise Park in Westmoreland. According to the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), this latest project is the most competitive renewable energy procurement project to date. In a […]
Jamaica Solar Energy Association (JSEA) Selects a new Executive Board
Robert Wright has been elected President of the Jamaican Solar Energy Association. His appointment as well as those of the new Executive Board was made at the associations’s Annual General Meeting on March 31, 2016. The AGM brought together renewable energy practitioners and enthusiasts from across Jamaica. The elected Executive Board Membership is as follows: […]
