Over 400 women are set to have a thrilling second edition of the annual Women In Energy (WIE) Conference, which takes place on March 9 and 10 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. The Conference, which is spearheaded by the Women of JPS, seeks to broaden the discussion on the developments in energy and how everyone impacts the future of energy.

OST Energy North America has been appointed as Owner’s Engineer by renewable energy developer Eight Rivers Energy Company (EREC), for Jamaica’s largest solar energy project to date. The 37 MW scheme is being delivered by Neoen and its partners in the project, MPC, Ferrostaal and Rekamniar Frontier Ventures.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded the first grant through the Clean Energy Finance Facility for the Caribbean and Central America (CEFF-CCA), to help develop a 37 megawatt solar farm in Westmoreland.

CEFF-CCA will provide support to Rekamniar Capital Limited, the project developer, to partner with independent power producer Neoen on forming the Eight Rivers Energy Company, which will build the solar facility, according to a release from the US embassy in Kingston.

Eight Rivers Energy Company has been awarded grant funding from the US Agency for International Development to develop the largest solar energy plant in Jamaica.

A release from the United States Embassy in Kingston did not give the value of the grant.

German asset and investment manager MPC Capital AG said today it is creating a renewables investment platform targeting assets in the Caribbean.

The Hamburg-based company said it will co-invest in a joint vehicle that will take a stake of just under 50% in the 50-MWp Paradise Park solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Jamaica. It added that the total investment volume amounts to about USD 50 million (EUR 47.9m).

Hamburg, 19 December 2016 - The Hamburg based asset and investment manager MPC Capital is launching an investment platform for renewable energy projects in the Caribbean. As an initial project, MPC Capital is acquiring a stake in the "Paradise Park" 50 MWp solar plant on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. 

Jamaica has selected a Neoen-backed developer as preferred bidder in its tender for new renewable energy capacity in the country.

The Jamaican Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has announced the winner of its most recent renewable energy procurement project. The preferred selected bidder, Eight Rivers Energy Company (EREC), is to construct, own and operate a 33.1MW solar PV plant at Paradise Park in Westmoreland, at a proposed lowest electricity price of 8.54 US cents/kWh.

Angella Rainford, partner in Eight Rivers Energy Company, expects to start operating the largest solar energy plant in Jamaica within a year, having emerged as the top candidate under the 37MW renewable energy project spearheaded by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR).

Angella Rainford, managing director of UK-based Rekamniar Frontier Ventures, is confident that Jamaica's move to diversify the energy sector will result in an almost immediate reduction in the country's oil bill.