Donville Hastings- Consumer Advisory Committee on Utilities (CACU)

1. Exploring The Feasibility Of Implementing Micro- Scaled Renewable/ Alternative Energy Sources In Jamaican Households. Donville Hastings- Consumer Advisory Committee on Utilities (CACU)

2. Exploring The Feasibility Of Implementing Micro- Scaled Renewable/ Alternative Energy Sources In Jamaican Households. BACKGROUND

3. 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

4. Exploring The Feasibility Of Implementing Micro- Scaled Renewable/ Alternative Energy Sources In Jamaican Households. SOLUTIONS TO THE LOOMING ENERGY CRISIS

5. 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?

6. Concerns for existing and planned renewable energy projects • Cost • Efficiency • Need for further diversification of renewable/ alternative energy sources

7. Exploring The Feasibility Of Implementing Micro- Scaled Renewable/ Alternative Energy Sources In Jamaican Households. MICRO- SCALED RENEWABLE/ ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SCHEMES

8. MICRO- SCALED RENEWABLE/ ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SCHEMES • Rationale • Background • Micro Wind Turbines • Solar Energy • Fuel Cells

9. Micro Wind Turbines • Application • Off- Grid • Grid Tied • Feasibility

10. Micro Wind Turbines CACU 2010

11. Micro Wind Turbines CACU 2010 CACU 2010

12. Micro Wind Turbines • Benefits and limitations • Energy Security • Lack of proper infrastructural and policy framework to reduce costs

13. Solar Energy • Application • Solar Water Heaters (SWHs) • Photovoltaic (PV) Cells • Feasibility

14. Solar Energy CACU 2010 CACU 2010 CACU 2010

15. Solar Energy CACU 2010

16. Solar Energy Day Night CACU 2010 CACU 2010

17. Solar Energy CACU 2010 CACU 2010

18. Solar Energy • Benefits and Limitations • Maintenance • Energy output variability • Infrastructural and policy shortfalls

19. Fuel Cells • Application • Benefits and Limitations

20. Fuel Cells CACU 2010

21. Exploring The Feasibility Of Implementing Micro- Scaled Renewable/ Alternative Energy Sources In Jamaican Households. RECOMMENDATIONS

22. RECOMMENDATIONS • Standard Offer Contract (SOC) • Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) • Lending options for household financing • Infrastructural review • Public consumer education initiatives

23. Special Acknowledgements to • Dr. Gary Jackson • Dr. Michael Burn • Gormann Corporation • Universal Solar Power • Ms. Kareen Murray

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