The power plant under construction at ‘The Nest’ is costing US$16 million or $2.4 billion in local currency, utility company Jamaica Public Service Company, JPS, has said.
The 10 Megawatt power plant, which will be fired by natural gas supplied by New Fortress Energy, is to be commissioned at mid-year.
“All elements of the project will be completed by June 2021,” said Winsome Callum, director of communications at the JPS.
The Nest is an expansive manufacturing and farming complex in the hills of St Catherine owned by No. 2 poultry company Caribbean Broilers, which trades as CB Group. The complex is being built out in phases.
The JPS will develop and own the combined heat and power plant on the lands held by CB and feed the poultry producer with electricity. The terms of their agreement were not disclosed.
The excess power will be fed to the national grid operated by the utility but won’t add to the grid’s base load. “It is being built as part of the capacity that JPS is allowed to replace,” said Callum.
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