“Collectively,
the 18 Solar PV Systems which will be installed should provide 232 kilowatts
peak power which equates to about 344,000 Kilowatt hours per year. This will
result in savings of more than $16 million per year on the public sector energy
bill. In addition, the systems are grid tied, allowing the benefitting
institutions to earn revenue by generating electricity to sell back to the
grid,”
Minister of State in
the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Julian Robinson speaking
at the Awards Ceremony for the PCJ Schools Energy Programme held on Friday June
27th 2014 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston
The
PCJ (Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica) has mysteriously decided to finance
Contracts worth JA$62 million to install Solar Panels as stated in “PCJ
to implement $62-m solar PV project in 15 schools”, published Sunday, June
29, 2014 1:38 PM, The Jamaica
Gleaner.
Minister
of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Julian
Robinson made this announcement on Friday June 27th 2014 during the Awards
Ceremony for the PCJ Schools Energy Programme. The Solar Panels will be
installed at the following fifteen (15) Schools and three (3) Government
Institutions:
The
lucky High Schools are as follows:
1. Ardenne
High
2. Clarendon
College
3. Dinthill
Technical High School
4. Glenmuir
High School
5. Hampton
School for Girls
6. Kingston
High School
7. Munro
College
8. Norman
Manley High School
9. Old
Harbour High School
10. Rose
Hill Primary School
11. St
Catherine High School
12. St
Elizabeth Technical High School
13. St
Hugh’s High School
14. Vere
Technical High School
15. Wolmer’s
Girls’ School
Naturally,
the Government had to have some of its own Test Guinea-pigs:
1. SRC
(Scientific Research Council)
2. ODPEM
(Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management)
3. PCJ
(Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica)
Not
sure if this is related to the Jamaican-Cuban collaboration to build Solar
Panels in Jamaica as stated in my blog article
entitled “Jamaica
and Cuba collaborate on Solar Panels Production in Jamaica to connect the last
3% - Jamaica's rebranding of the REP to the JESL started the Alternative Energy
Hunger Games Catching Fire”.
Most
likely though, it might also be related to US$4.6 billion dollar Loan taken
from the PetroCaribe Fund that the GOJ
(Government of Jamaica) manages under a Concessionary Oil agreement with the
Government of Venezuela being used to build Wigton III Project as explained in “Wigton
expansion priced at $4.6b”, published Friday, April 25, 2014, The Jamaica Observer.
That
would most likely be it, as this has a socialist agenda typical of the PNP
(People’s National Party), being as its being contracted and not being done by
a single particular entity. No doubt, friends of the Government will be
securing these contracts.
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