ESET approves 330 megawatts of additional power for Jamaica

Tue February 3, 2015.   Dr. Vincent Lawrence, ESET Chairman

The Electricity Sector Enterprise Team (ESET) confirmed on Tuesday that it has signed off on the establishment 330 megawatts of new generating capacity for Jamaica.

This is part of the 380 megawatt project that was originally approved, but which was subsequently shifted away from the initial concept of delivery by a single producer.

At a press conference at the Office of  the Prime Minister, Dr. Vincent Lawrence, ESET Chairman, announced that the Jamaica Public Service Company (the country’s sole electricity distributor), “exercising its right of first refusal,” will be constructing a 190 megawatt plant. Alpart, the bauxite/alumina company, based at Nain in St. Elizabeth, will be building a 140 megawatt plant, he said.

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