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Power plants in Jamaica

A directory of 10 power plants in Jamaica with a combined installed capacity of 792 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

10power plants
792MW total capacity
5fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Jamaica)

Oil: 4 plants4OilHydro: 3 plants3HydroGas: 1 plants1GasSolar: 1 plants1SolarWind: 1 plants1Wind

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Jamaica electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

563gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
12.6%low-carbon electricity
12.6%renewables
87.4%fossil fuels
Gas: 57 % of electricity57GasOil: 30 % of electricity30OilWind: 6 % of electricity6WindSolar: 3 % of electricity3SolarHydro: 2 % of electricity2HydroBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1Bioenergy

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Jamaica

#PlantFuelMW
1Old HarbourOil348
2Hunts BayOil122
3BogueGas120
4West KingstonOil65
5RockfortOil64
6ManchesterWind39
7ContentSolar20
8Maggotty HydroHydro6
9Lower White RiverHydro5
10Upper White RiverHydro4

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