-after US firm invests in Jamaican plant

about a co-generation proposal “but did not elaborate on where they would have it.”

He pointed out that the co-generation facility set up at Skeldon was made up of two turbines that powered the two boilers, using energy from bagasse.

He said the system provides 15 megawatts of electricity to the national grid.

According to him, the $9.5 billion that Skeldon generated from electricity is a huge sum, even though the factory did not perform well last year.

He said Jamaica is now investing in a co-generation facility because “the US company would have done the study and find it feasible to save that factory so it is willing to invest US$38 million.”

Chand was also confident that if there is “cogeneration facilities at the other estates, it would make a significant contribution to the industry. There would be cheap electricity… and remnant to the green economy.”

He told this newspaper that the co-generation plant was run “as a business at a rate approved by GuySuCo.”

Meanwhile, according to the Gleaner report, the Hampden CEO said the transformation will return Long Pond to economic viability and that the company will be able to retain jobs, with the prospect of adding more on the power generation side of the operations. Hussey explained that the co-generation process will be powered by steam that will be produced from bagasse during the sugarmaking process. The steam will in turn be used to power turbines that will produce electricity.

He says even the dunder, which is a waste product of the sugar-making process, will be used to boost electricity generation, thereby reducing the environmental impact of the company’s operations.

The deal is awaiting approval by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, as well as the Ministry of Science, Technology and Energy, it was stated in the newspaper report.