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Article: Jamaica: Jamalco going green.
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- June 16, 2008
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Byline: suneeta03
Excavation taking place at one of the bauxite mines in Jamaica. In transferring its bauxite to its refinery, Jamalco plans to use its conveyor system to generate electricity.
Jamalco wants to begin selling one megawatt (MW) of green power to the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), generated from a conveyor belt system at its bauxite-alumina refinery in May Pen, Clarendon.
Under a proposed net metering agreement Jamalco says it will sell surplus electricity to the national grid. Jamaica Broilers (co-generation) and Munroe College (wind turbine) have previously entered into similar net metering agreements with the monopoly ...