“Strengthening Energy Sector Resilience in Jamaica” (SESR-Jamaica) was a three-and-a-half-year public-private partnership project of the Cadmus-led Jamaica Energy Resilience Alliance (JERA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Under the project and with USAID support, JERA worked to strengthen the resilience of Jamaica’s energy sector by accelerating the uptake of distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) and PV with storage (PV+) by Jamaican businesses.
Other JERA members were the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporter’s Association (JMEA), LASCO Manufacturing Ltd. and LASCO Distributors Ltd. (LASCO), Wigton Windfarms Ltd. (Wigton), WRB Energy (WRB), the University of the West Indies—Mona (the UWI—Mona), Green Solutions International SKN Incorporated (GSI), RMI, and Xergy Energy (Xergy).
Over the January 2021 to June 2024 life of SESR-Jamaica, JERA:
Through outreach, 1:1 technical assistance and engagement with installers and financiers, JERA helped 23 Jamaican Businesses sign contracts for PV and PV+ systems to power 36 Business Facilities across Jamaica. Combined, these contracts resulted in:
View testimonials from participating businesses.
JERA delivered industry-standard NABCEP clean energy training to 97 Students and Professionals including 24 women (1 in 4 trainees).
Conceived by the UWI–Mona, executed by LASCO with technical support from the UWI, Cadmus, and local renewable energy experts and a one-third funding share from USAID, the PV+ Pilot Project at LASCO includes:
The PV+ Pilot Project at LASCO continues to serve as a research site for UWI-Mona to help train the next generation of Jamaica’s PV+ workforce.
View highlights from the PV+ Pilot Project Celebration of Completion event.
JERA developed resources to help Jamaican businesses understand PV+ technology and benefits, the processes for acquiring a system, and how to identify and select a solar installer and/or financing options for a PV/PV+ system. These resources remain available to Jamaican businesses and JERA partners and can be accessed at the links below:
Much of the information available in the installer and financing catalogues is not otherwise publicly available and was gathered by direct outreach to and conversations with the listed installers and financial institutions (FIs).
Note: JERA/SESR-Jamaica finalized these resources in June 2024 to assure accuracy of this information at the time it was compiled and finalized. However, no warranty is made regarding the information contained in the catalogues, and no liability accrues to JERA/SESR-Jamaica from their use. Use of these resources constitutes acceptance of these terms.
Under SESR-Jamaica, the UWI–Mona assessed potential utility- and distribution-scale sites for wind and solar PV installations across Jamaica. Sites were selected using a comprehensive remote pre-feasibility approach combining information on solar irradiance and wind speed data with other selection criteria into a site selection model that estimates electricity generation potential.
The interactive online map resulting from the study is available at http://cater.mona.uwi.edu/ and is a valuable resource for prospective wind/solar developers seeking to shortlist potential sites for further investigation.
On 25 April 2024, JERA and USAID jointly received the 2024 Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) award for Best Distributed Generation Project for SESR-Jamaica. The CREF Industry Awards recognize excellence across clean energy programs and projects in the Caribbean. Nominees were judged across a series of criteria, including innovative approaches to development and value to investors and customers.
On 25 June 2024, JERA received “highly commended” in Environment Analyst’s 2024 Sustainability Delivery Awards in the “Transformational Partnership” category.
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