Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine, Jamaica

Dr. Bird Power Facility

Old Harbour Bay

JEP owns and operates two power barges, Dr Bird I and Dr. Bird II. The Dr. Bird I and Dr. Bird II power barges are each self-contained floating facilities with eight and three medium speed diesel engines, respectively. They both have the capability to use diesel and heavy fuel oil; also know as “bunker C” fuel.

Dr. Bird Power Barge I

Acquired 1995

The barge at time cost approximately US$ 96 million and was at the time the most advanced floating power plant produced in the world. Dr. Bird I was developed as a fast track project in 1995 due to the fact that there was an increasing demand on the power supply and at the time there had been no additional base load capacity to the national grid for a number of years. The need for additional capacity intensified when in June 1994 the Jamaica Public Service Company lost 123 MW of capacity due to a boiler explosion at Old Harbour Bay. Power shortages resulted in a number of load shedding that proved disruptive to the country’s productivity. In order to ameliorate this problem the Government planned to augment the installed power capacity to 230 MW. As a result of this Jamaica Energy Partners was able to offer its services to the Jamaican people by providing 74.16 MW. The power from the eight Wartsila diesel engines were sold to JPSCo, our sole customer under a twenty (20) year Power Purchase Agreement.

Dr. Bird Power Barge II

Acquired 2006

On January 11, 2006 JEP welcomed an addition to the Dr. Bird family when Dr. Bird II, a 49.5 MW power barge was towed and moored to its home in Old Harbour, produced by three medium speed Wartsila diesel engines. With this added capacity the output from both barges will result in a total generating capacity of 123.6 MW. The new barge is located approximately 200 feet alongshore from the existing barge. The newest and best technology was employed in the construction and design of Dr. Bird II, the facility boast the most recent environmental technology and a superior rate of fuel consumption, and the latest in diesel technology the “Miller Cycle” for engine timing. JEP is particularly proud of this addition of 49.5 MW that cost approximately US 60 Million Dollars. Dr. Bird II represents the second partnership with JEP and Wartsila Diesel Development Corporation.

Project Documents

Environmental Impact Assessment

The EIA was commissioned by JEP and done by CL Environmantal Ltd. The verbatim notes of the public meeting are available here.

Dr. Bird Annual Environmental Reports

2009

The Annual Environmental report for the Dr. Bird Facility for the year 2009 is available here.

2010

The Annual Environmental report for the Dr. Bird Facility for the year 2010 is available here.

Industrial Terrace, Kingston, Jamaica

West Kingston Power Plant

Industrial Terrace

In 2008, Jamaica Energy Partners, was sucessful in winning the bid, by the Office of Utilities Regulation, to build a 60MW power plant in Kingston, Jamaica. The proposed site of the plant is along Industrial Terrace, and developmental work has begun.

Project Documents

Environmental Impact Assessment

The EIA was commissioned by JEP and done by CL Environmantal Ltd. The full text of the draft document is available here.

National Environment and Planning Agency Permit

The National Environmental and Planning Agency issued Permit # 2009-01017-EP00076 for the West Kingston Power Plant on March 23, 2010. The full text of the document is available here.

National Environment and Planning Agency Permit - Amendment 1

NEPA on May 20, 2010 issued its position on the Amendment Request for Environmental Permit # 2009-01017-EP00076 for the Proposed West Kingston Power Plant. The full text of the document is available here.

Closure Plan - Western Terminal Sewage

A closure plan was developed for the Western Terminal Sewage Plant. The full text of the document is available here.

Air Dispersion Model Comparison Report

Air Dispersion Model Comparison Report for the West Kingston Power Station completed in April 2010 is available here.

Letter requesting Amendement to Environmental Permit received from NEPA

Letter to NEPA requesting ammendments to Environmental permit for the West Kingston Power Station is available here.

Public Meeting for the West Kingston Power Station EIA

A public meeting was held to present the findings of the West Kingston Power Station EIA on December 14, 2009, the Notification of Public Meeting is available here.

Verbatim notes for the West Kingston Power Station EIA

A Public meeting was held to present the findings of the West Kingston Power Station EIA on December 14, 2009, the Verbatim notes for this EIA Meeting is available here.

Responses to questions regarding the West Kingston Power Station

Coming out of the consultative process for the West Kingston Power Station EIA, a number of questions were raised by various stakeholders. These responses were submitted to NEPA, who in turn submitted the queries to JEP. The responses to these questions are available here.