Category: Jamaica
Jamaica energy
Wigton Windfarm To List On Jamaica Stock Exchange
(JIS, 3.Dec.2018) — The Wigton Windfarm (WWF) initial public offering (IPO) on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is expected for March 2019. General Manager of […]
Responding To Disruptive Trends In Energy
(Jamaica Observer, 19.Nov.2018) — Energy storage, distributed energy, renewables and electric vehicles powered by a smart grid are among the main disruptive trends in the […]
New Fortress Energy planning Nasdaq listing
(Jamaica Gleaner, Steven Jackson, 14.Nov.2018) — New Fortress Energy, the American company that develops gas infrastructures and supplies natural gas to Jamaica, has considered listing […]
German Energy Firm To Launch IPO In Jamaica
(Jamaica Gleaner, Neville Graham, 14.Nov.2018) — A foreign investor in Jamaica’s largest solar farm under construction in Westmoreland will be floating shares on the Jamaica […]
JPS Promises Improved Power Supply After $116 Million Grid Investment
(Jamaica Gleaner,11.Nov.2018) — The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is promising a more reliable power supply with an improved and more reliable grid in which […]
JPS’s Sheree Martin Prepares To Go Off JPS Grid
(Jamaica Observer, 11. Nov.2018) — Sheree Martin, JPS’ senior vice-president (SVP) for business development, has announced her resignation from the energy company, effective November 27, […]
Jamaica’s Oil Search Could Suffer Due to Climate Change, Warns Expert
(RJR News, 9.Oct.2018) — There is an ominous warning about the possible economic fallout for Jamaica due to changes in the climate, as outlined in […]
GB-Texaco Unveils Cashless, Cardless Fuel Payment System
(Jamaica Gleaner, Neville Graham, 28.Sep.2018) — GB Energy Jamaica, the petroleum marketing company that operates the Texaco fuel stations, was to unveil a new automated […]
Jamaica’s Economy Gets $5 Bln From PetroCaribe Over 13 Years
(CMC, 12.Sep.2018) — Jamaica says it has benefitted from projects estimated at US$5 billion under the Venezuela-led PetroCaribe initiative over the past 13 years. CEO […]
Jamaica: Gas Prices Down $0.72, Diesel Down $0.35
(Jamaica Gleaner, 12.Sep.2018) — Gas prices are to go down by $0.72 tomorrow Thursday, September 13 The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 will sell […]
Jamaica Enters New Programme with Energy Agency
(Jamaica Gleaner, McPherse Thompson, 9.Aug.2018) – Jamaica signed a new agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, which will see the application of atomic […]
Wheatley Falls: Latest Casualty of Energy Scandal
(Jamaica Gleaner, Edmond Campbell, 31.Jul.2018) – The ongoing scandal that began at the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam has claimed its latest casualty with the resignation […]
Hold It Right There, Petrotrin!
(The Sterling Report, Yanique Leiba-Ebanks, 29.Jul.2018) – Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd (affectionately known as Petrotrin) is the state-owned oil company in Trinidad […]
10MW LNG Power Plant for The Nest
(Jamaica Gleaner, Steven Jackson, 27.Jul.2018) – A tripartite deal is in the works for the development of a power plant at CB Group’s expansive property […]
Petroleum Geology of Mexico and the Northern Caribbean
(The Geological Society, 25.Jul.2018) – The Gulf of Mexico is a world class prolific hydrocarbon system. As a result of recent energy reform the Mexican […]
JUTC Hopes to Burn $3b Fuel Bill with LNG
(Jamaica Gleaner, Avia Collinder, 20.Jul.2018) – The LNG gas station to be developed by New Energy Fortress will have the capacity to fuel 25 buses […]
New Fortress Invests $400 Mln in Pilot Project
(Jamaica Observer, 15.Jul.2018) – New Fortress Energy announced on Friday a new partnership with Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) for the introduction of the first […]
FDI in LAC Region Falls for Third Straight Year
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Jul.2018) – Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean fell for a third straight year in 2017, […]
PetroCaribe Fund to Flow into Government Coffers
(Jamaica Gleaner, 11.Jul.2018) – In a matter of months, the US$1.6 billion, or more than J$208 billion, now in the PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF) is […]
Cabinet Removes Energy Portfolio Over Petrojam
(Jamaica Gleaner, 2.Jul.2018) – Dr Andrew Wheatley has been stripped of the energy portfolio as the government implements a raft of changes at the controversy-plagued […]
Petrojam Partner Knocks Contract Process
(Jamaica Gleaner, 27.Jun.2018) – Petrojam, the beleaguered government-controlled oil refinery, spent over $14 billion or 74 per cent of its domestic expenditure over a two-year […]
Jamaica Saves $230m Under Energy Efficiency
(JIS, 14.Jun.2018) – The Government has saved $230 million, to date, and reduced environmental emissions from the implementation of major programmes in energy efficiency, conservation […]
Jamaican Gas Prices Down by $0.21 per Litre
(Jamaica Gleaner, 13.Jun.2018) – Gas prices are to go down by $0.21 effective Thursday, June 14. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 will […]
Petrojam Responds to Corruption Claims
(The Jamaica Observer, 9.Jun.2018) – Government sources told the Jamaica Observer they are awaiting a response from Venezuela on its offer to repurchase their 49 […]
Ramnarine Talks About Southern Caribbean Deepwater Industry
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 31.May.2018) – Former Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine will speak in Port of Spain about the regional deepwater […]
Jamaica Encouraged by 3D Oil, Gas Surveys
(Amsterdam News, Bert Wilkinson, 24.May.2018) – Jamaica is fancying its chances of becoming the latest Caribbean Community nation after Guyana to find commercial quantities of […]
Energy, Education, and Learning Through NRG ED
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 24.May.2018) – Energy Analytics Institute, formerly LatinPetroleum Inc., continues to promote its “Energy Education Initiative” in the Americas, also known […]
ECLAC Ssays Venezuela’s Economic Activity to Fall 8.5% in 2018
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 1.May.2018) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, also known as ECLAC or CEPAL by […]
Jamaica, Venezuelan Officials Discuss Bilateral Issues
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 22.Mar.2018) – Jamaica’s Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson-Smith and her Venezuelan counterpart Jorge Arreaza held a high-level bilateral meeting in Caracas […]
Caribbean Of 2040: Vibrant Economies
The Caribbean Of 2040: vibrant economies where people are safe, productive, and happy, according to a video by Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
New Fortress Energy to Invest $1 Bln in Jamaica
(New Fortress Energy, 5.Dec.2017) – Having committed to investing some US$1 billion (J$126 billion) in Jamaica over the next several years, United States-based company, New […]