(Jamaica Gleaner) A pre-feasibility study on the prospects for hydropower generation from five of Jamaica’s rivers has indicated the country could nearly double the existing hydropower capacity if investors tap four of those sources.
The study, conducted by SP Studio Pietrangeli, an Italian consulting engineering services firm, on behalf of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), found that the Rio Cobre in St Catherine, the Negro River in St Thomas, Martha Brae River in Trelawny and Spanish River in Portland could generate as much as 67.7 gigawatt-hours annually and represent viable options for providing affordable renewable electricity to the national grid.
