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Rockfort — 64 MW Oil

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Rockfort is a 64 MW oil power plant located in Jamaica. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
64 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1997

Year online

Owner
Jamaica Private Power Company

Operator

Location
17.97, -76.75

Coordinates

Insights

#5
largest in Jamaica
#567
largest Oil worldwide
#12,083
largest worldwide
1997
at fleet average
1
operated by Jamaica Private Power…
7
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
64 MW
Commissioned
1997
Status
Operational
Owner
Jamaica Private Power Company
Country
JAM
Coordinates
17.970, -76.752

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
145,766 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
4,372,992 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
650 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

31,688
cars per year
19,436
homes per year
6,625,745
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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Old Harbour

Jamaica · Oil

348MW · 1995

Hunts Bay

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123MW · 1992

Bogue Power Station

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West Kingston

Jamaica · Oil

65MW · 2013

Manchester

Jamaica · Wind

39MW · 2004

Content

Jamaica · Solar

20MW · 2019

About this plant

Rockfort is a 64 MW oil power plant in Jamaica, operated by Jamaica Private Power Company since 1997. It is one of 4 oil plants in the country, contributing to a total oil capacity of 599 MW. This plant accounts for 10.68% of Jamaica’s oil capacity.

Ranked #4 of 4 oil plants in Jamaica, Rockfort’s 64 MW is significantly smaller than the largest oil plant, Old Harbour, which has a capacity of 348 MW, making Rockfort 5.4 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Old Harbour (347.5 MW, Oil) and Hunts Bay (122.5 MW, Oil). The facility is located in the Kingston region, approximately 15 km from the capital city, Kingston.

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