Solamon Energy is a Canadian-based corporation that provides renewable energy solutions to the Caribbean. Its Senior VP Ainsley Brown recently stressed Jamaica’s potential for reducing the impact of climate change and addressing the rising cost of traditional fuel prices by harnessing its solar potential:
The continuing increase in oil prices has greatly impacted many economies, especially those in the developing Caribbean region, and Jamaica is no exception. Senior VP Ainsley Brown says the country [Jamaica] has turned a corner and is now more than ever considering the switchover from fossil-fueled generating stations to those using renewable energy sources sooner than later. “The potential for solar in Jamaica is tremendous,” states Brown enthusiastically, “and the opportunities for Solamon are real.”
After attending the annual CREF [Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum] event in Barbados next month, Brown will be returning in early 2012 to incorporate Solamon Jamaica, in the wake this past year of an island-wide series of renewable energy workshops produced by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), to implement Apollo Acre™ solar solutions that will enable communities and businesses to lessen their dependency on imported oil. Brown is also looking forward next year to producing several informative Town Hall meetings to explain large-scale solar arrays in greater detail to members of the manufacturing industry on the island.
From the outset, Dr. Earl Green, Chief Technical Director at the PCJ, has reiterated in these crucial meetings their objectives were to promote energy efficiency; and introduce and expand the utilisation of energy-efficient equipment and programmes, including industrial insulation, while also replacing old incandescent light bulbs with new CFL or LED bulbs. “We hope people will also consider such innovative products as the Solatube®,” adds Brown. “It has been introduced in other Caribbean islands and effectively provides natural sunlight to any room.”
Studies have been concluded and strategies implemented by the Jamaican government, but for this small nation completely dependent on oil, there is a serious energy crisis that needs to be dealt with; its people and their businesses today are simply desperate for solutions. As now reported daily in the local newspapers, given the size and scope this crisis, the high cost of energy is affecting everything from the quality of life for the average Jamaican to the competitiveness of its recognizable brands on the global market – and survivability of the nation itself. [. . .]
For full article, see http://your-story.org/potential-for-solar-in-jamaica-is-tremendous-solamon-set-to-assist-government-meet-targets-269182/
For more on Solamon Energy Corporation, see http://www.solamonenergy.com/
Photo from related article, “Why Solar Power Would Be Good for Antigua and Barbuda” at http://www.greenantilles.com/2010/09/10/why-solar-power-would-be-good-for-antigua-and-barbuda/
