Singapore’s sea solar If a country is land-scarce and wants to build solar farms, it will often turn to floating solar farms. And Singapore has that challenge, as it’s heavily urbanized. But floating solar farms are typically built inland, in bodies of water such as reservoirs and lakes. Building in the sea has special challenges, […]
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April 15, 2020 JPS is again appealing to members of the public to stay far from power lines. This includes not climbing trees near power lines, and keeping trees on private property trimmed and away from power lines, which is the responsibility of property owners. Persons are also reminded that under no circumstance should they […]
By Elizabeth Morgan The Caribbean is beautiful, but it is fraught with danger. Here in the northern Caribbean, natural disasters are hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, droughts, bush fires and a rare cold spell. In the islands of the eastern and south Caribbean, volcanic eruptions are included. We are now seeing the eruption of La Soufriére on […]
Colorado State University calls for 17 named storms, 8 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Believe it or not hurricane season starts in less than 50 days in the Atlantic. So what’s in store in the tropics here in 2021? Will it be a repeat of 2020? Will it be quieter? Enter […]
On April 14th, 2021, CARILEC’s Energy Solutions Advisor (ESA), Mr. Thomas Mitschke was deployed as part of the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA) Detailed Damage Sectoral Analysis (DDSA) Team in support of the humanitarian efforts in St. Vincent and the Grenadines following the explosive eruptions of La Soufriere volcano that commenced on April 9, […]
April 8, 2021 JPS is pleased to inform that it has paid the annual interest on customer deposits, in the just concluded first quarter of 2021. This was reflected as a deduction on January bills. The payout was at the Bank of Jamaica Treasury Bill rate, which at the time of disbursement was 1.909%. […]
New G/NMC cell enables increased range and operating time for trucks and buses in the same size and weight as the Company’s 60 Ah cell Increased cell voltage range allows an increase in the energy capacity of the cell compared to Company’s 60 Ah G/NMC cell High volumetric energy density of up to 515 Wh […]
The UWI Seismic Research Centre and the National Emergency Management Organisation have confirmed that there was a large explosion at the La Soufriere Volcano at approximately 4:15 am on Monday. The volcano dome has since collapsed and according to NEMO, pyroclastic flows can now be seen along the valleys on the eastern and western coasts. […]
A second explosive eruption has been recorded at the La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines. It occurred just before 3 pm. The vertical ash column is estimated to have gone approximately four kilometres into the atmosphere. NEMO SVG says it is smaller than the first which occurred earlier this morning. However, Vincentians on social media […]
Virgin Group company buys and restores 6.4 MW solar facility with additional weather resilience ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BMR Energy, a Virgin Group company and developer, owner, and operator of clean energy projects in the Caribbean and Latin America, announced today that it is starting construction of the 6.4-megawatt (MWp) Donoe Solar farm in […]