Power plants in JamaicaA directory of 13 power plants in Jamaica with a combined installed capacity of 2,028 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.
Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nain power station | Coal | 1,000 |
| 2 | Old Harbour | Oil | 348 |
| 3 | Jamalco power station | Gas | 150 |
| 4 | Hunts Bay | Oil | 122 |
| 5 | Bogue | Gas | 120 |
| 6 | Rusal power station | Coal | 90 |
| 7 | West Kingston | Oil | 65 |
| 8 | Rockfort | Oil | 60 |
| 9 | Manchester | Wind | 39 |
| 10 | Content | Solar | 20 |
| 11 | Maggotty Hydro | Hydro | 6 |
| 12 | Lower White River | Hydro | 5 |
| 13 | Upper White River | Hydro | 4 |
There are 13 power plants in Jamaica in this open dataset, with about 2,028 MW of total capacity.
Nain power station is the largest at about 1,000 MW (coal).
The most common plant type in this dataset is oil (4 plants), across 6 fuel types in total.
Jamaica's grid carbon intensity is about 563 gCO₂/kWh, with 12.6% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
