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Jamaica lacks the
potential for large-scale hydroelectricity generation.
Only some 23.8 MW of power is presently installed with
potential for about another 100 MW.
The type of hydropower
installations can be classified in the following ways:-
- By the effective
head of water, low, medium or high heads.
- By the capacity, the
rated output.
- By the type of
turbine used.
- By the location and
type of dam or reservoir.
Hydropower schemes have
high capital costs, and are sensitive to the high
interest rate regimes in Jamaica in recent times, and
therefore, prohibit private investment in hydropower
ventures.
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EXISTING HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS |
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HYDROELECTRIC STATIONS CURRENTLY OWNED BY JPSCo.
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Plant Location
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Years Put in Service
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Installed Capacity
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Upper White River |
1945
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3.8
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Lower White River |
1952
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4.9
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Roaring River |
1949
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3.8
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Rio Bueno A |
1949
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2.5
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Maggotty Falls |
1966
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6.3
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Constant Spring |
1989
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0.8
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Rams Horn |
1989
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0.6
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Rio Bueno River |
1989
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1.1
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TOTAL |
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23.8
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HYDROPOWER STATIONS IN JAMAICA |
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Hydroelectric Scheme |
Potential Capacity (MW) |
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Black Rio Grande (BRG) |
3.9 |
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BRG Upper(Incremental) |
48.0 |
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Dry River |
0.8 |
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Great River |
8.0 |
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Green River |
1.4 |
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Laughlands Great River |
1.2 |
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Martha Brae River |
5.4 |
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Morgans River |
2.3 |
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Negro River 3 |
1.0 |
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NegroRiver 2 |
0.9 |
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Rio Cobre |
1.0 |
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Rio Grande |
3.9 |
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Spanish Riover (Alternative I) |
3.98 |
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Spanish River (Alternative II) |
2.6 |
| Wild Cane River |
2.5 |
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Yallahs River |
2.6 |
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