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JAM | Feb 17, 2024

Gov’t to invite bids for another 168 megawatts of renewable energy

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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, delivers the Throne Speech during the 2024/25 Ceremonial Opening of Parliament at Gordon House on Thursday (February 15), under the theme ‘Towards A Peaceful, Productive and Prosperous Jamaica (Photo: Contributed).

Another request for proposal (RFP) will be launched in the new financial year, which begins April 1, for a further 168 megawatts of renewable energy.

This is in addition to the supply of up to 100 megawatts of electricity generation for which the Generation Procurement Entity invited tenders last September.

The disclosure was made by Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen, as he delivered the Throne Speech to open the 2024/25 Parliamentary Year in Gordon House on Thursday (February 15).

The governor general said the Government continues to develop policies that will contribute to reducing Jamaica’s energy intensity and carbon footprint, while advancing the adoption of new technologies.

An aerial view of the wider Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) at night from Queen Hill, St Andrew. Photo taken June 13, 2007. (Photo: Christopher Gordon for Flickr.com)

The policy and guidelines for energy efficiency and conservation in public facilities, particularly for schools and hospitals, and the electric vehicle policy, were tabled in Parliament in June 2023.

Efforts to diversify energy sources for public passenger vehicles (PPVs) and the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) received a major boost with the acquisition of five battery-electric buses, as well as 20 compressed natural gas (CNG)-fuelled buses.

Increased focus will be placed on improved quality of service by telecommunications operators.

In addition, the Telecommunications (Quality of Service Standards) Rules, which establish the formal framework for the parameters and targets against which operators’ performance is measured, is to be published.

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