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Exploring The Feasibility Of Implementing Micro- Scaled Renewable/ Alternative Energy Sources In Jamaican Households. Donville Hastings- Consumer Advisory Committee on Utilities (CACU).
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Exploring The Feasibility Of Implementing Micro- Scaled Renewable/ Alternative Energy Sources In Jamaican Households. Donville Hastings- Consumer Advisory Committee on Utilities (CACU)
Exploring The Feasibility Of Implementing Micro- Scaled Renewable/ Alternative Energy Sources In Jamaican Households. BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND • Trends In Oil Consumption • Jamaica’s oil consumption • Implications of current oil consumption trends • Financial Implications • Environmental Effects • Renewable/ Alternative Energy Sources • What is renewable/ alternative energy? • Different forms of renewable/ alternative energy
Exploring The Feasibility Of Implementing Micro- Scaled Renewable/ Alternative Energy Sources In Jamaican Households. SOLUTIONS TO THE LOOMING ENERGY CRISIS
SOLUTIONS TO THE LOOMING ENERGY CRISIS • Conservation strategies • Consumption versus output potential • Energy Policies and renewable/alternative sources • National Energy Policy • National Renewable Energy Policy, 2009-2030 • Implementing renewable/ alternative energy projects • Wind • Hydro- electricity • Waste to energy (WTE) • Bio- fuel • Solar?
Concerns for existing and planned renewable energy projects • Cost • Efficiency • Need for further diversification of renewable/ alternative energy sources
Exploring The Feasibility Of Implementing Micro- Scaled Renewable/ Alternative Energy Sources In Jamaican Households. MICRO- SCALED RENEWABLE/ ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SCHEMES
MICRO- SCALED RENEWABLE/ ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SCHEMES • Rationale • Background • Micro Wind Turbines • Solar Energy • Fuel Cells
Micro Wind Turbines • Application • Off- Grid • Grid Tied • Feasibility
Micro Wind Turbines CACU 2010
Micro Wind Turbines CACU 2010 CACU 2010
Micro Wind Turbines • Benefits and limitations • Energy Security • Lack of proper infrastructural and policy framework to reduce costs
Solar Energy • Application • Solar Water Heaters (SWHs) • Photovoltaic (PV) Cells • Feasibility
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Solar Energy CACU 2010
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Solar Energy CACU 2010 CACU 2010
Solar Energy • Benefits and Limitations • Maintenance • Energy output variability • Infrastructural and policy shortfalls
Fuel Cells • Application • Benefits and Limitations
Fuel Cells CACU 2010
Exploring The Feasibility Of Implementing Micro- Scaled Renewable/ Alternative Energy Sources In Jamaican Households. RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS • Standard Offer Contract (SOC) • Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) • Lending options for household financing • Infrastructural review • Public consumer education initiatives
Special Acknowledgements to • Dr. Gary Jackson • Dr. Michael Burn • Gormann Corporation • Universal Solar Power • Ms. Kareen Murray
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