“After several stops and starts,
today I can speak with certainty that a positive change is about to come to the
supply of Electricity in Jamaica. It is essential that we begin construction of
new generating capacity this year. There have been too many delays, and we can
no longer live with these high Electricity prices,”
Minister
of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, in his
contribution to the 2013/14 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Looks like Friday August 9th
2013, three days after Emancipation Day on Tuesday August 6th 2013
is more than just of significance to Telecoms Providers. On that fateful
Friday, the OUR (Office of Utilities Regulation), under pressure from Minister
Phillip Paulwell, has finally revealed the bidders to build the 360MW LNG Power
Plant, as stated in the article “Power
trinity - Companies collaborate to offer best bid in the megawatt project”,
The Jamaica Gleaner
Interestingly, the JPS Co (Jamaica
Public Service Company) it seems has teamed up with three (3) other bidders in
a joint holding company called Energize Jamaica Limited.
Please note that it is on this same
Friday August 9th 2013 that Telecom Provider LIME introduced JA$300
30-Day Data Plans as stated in my blog article
entitled “LIME
Jamaica introduces 30-day Data Plans for JA$300 and a free Alcatel One Touch
T'Pop - How the Butler started the Smartphone Data Revolution”.
Telecom Provider Digicel has also
responded in kinds and abolished Roaming charges as detailed in my blog article
entitled “Digicel
to eliminate Roaming Charges by Tuesday October 1 2013 - Minister Paulwell
Negotiates with LIME for US Calls free of Roaming, proving Everything is
Possible”.
So clearly, Everything is Possible,
even in the Power Generation World as well!
blog article
entitled“SJPC,
the Marubeni, EWP and JPS Co
consortium's to begin LNG Plant Construction in Q2 of 2013 - Jamaica's On A
Mission towards The Impossible Promised Land
SJPC (South Jamaica
Power Company) Marubeni
of Japan and EWP of South Korea as stated in my
1. Energy
World International
2. Optimal
Energy Limited
3. Energise
Jamaica Limited
4. Azurest
Cambridge Power.
quote: “Using United States gas, which is the
cheapest gas in the world, allows us to pass on enormous fuel savings to Jamaican
consumers and we think that we can take prices across the grid down by roughly
30 per cent. Whatever the (current) price is, we can take that down to north of
15 to 20 cents (per kilowatt-hour)”.
Managing Director of Azurest
Partners, Kenneth Allen,
In the words of Wartsila
Caribbean’s Vice-president Rodney George, Reciprocating Engines are more
efficient no matter what Fuel is used, with Bogue Power Station as his example,
quote: “Bogue is a living example where the CCGT plant has a combined cycle
efficiency of only 40 per cent. In comparison, the JEP (Jamaica Energy
Partners) West Kingston plant with Wartsila reciprocating engines, have a
simple cycle efficiency of close to 45 per cent... regardless of what Fuel is
utilised, be it LNG, LPG, or ADO, the efficiency quotient remains the same”.
On the flip side to balance the
argument, JPS Co is claiming CCGT is more environmentally friendly and more
efficient, to quote JPS Co CEO Kelly Tomblin, quote: “While we haven't seen the
other proposals, our information shows that CCGT not only offers lower overall
costs through greater efficiency and lower operating and maintenance costs. It
is also more environmentally friendly. Although JPS and the GOJ continue to
evaluate all potential gas supply options, if the immediate supply options for
LNG do not result in the desired reduction in Electricity charges, LPG
(Liquefied Petroleum Gas) is a great option”.
This schism in Generator Technology
it may explain JPS Co partnership, as they may be going the route of CCGT
Engines while Wartsila Caribbean, Generator supplier to
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