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West Kingston — 65 MW Oil

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West Kingston is a 65 MW oil power plant located in Jamaica. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
65 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2013

Year online

Owner
Jamaica Energy Partners

Operator

Location
17.97, -76.81

Coordinates

Insights

#4
largest in Jamaica
#563
largest Oil worldwide
#12,022
largest worldwide
2013
16 yrs newer than avg
1
operated by Jamaica Energy Partners
7
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
65 MW
Commissioned
2013
Status
Operational
Owner
Jamaica Energy Partners
Country
JAM
Coordinates
17.973, -76.806

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
148,044 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
4,441,320 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
650 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

32,183
cars per year
19,739
homes per year
6,729,273
trees to offset

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

Nearby Plants

Old Harbour

Jamaica · Oil

348MW · 1995

Hunts Bay

Jamaica · Oil

123MW · 1992

Bogue Power Station

Jamaica · Natural Gas

120MW

Rockfort

Jamaica · Oil

64MW · 1997

Manchester

Jamaica · Wind

39MW · 2004

Content

Jamaica · Solar

20MW · 2019

About this plant

West Kingston is a 65 MW oil power plant in Jamaica, operated by Jamaica Energy Partners since 2013.

Ranked #3 of 4 oil plants in Jamaica. Its 65 MW accounts for 10.85% of Jamaica’s total oil capacity of 599 MW. The largest oil plant in Jamaica is Old Harbour at 348 MW, making West Kingston 5.4 times smaller.

Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Old Harbour (347.5 MW, Oil), Hunts Bay (122.5 MW, Oil), and Rockfort (64 MW, Oil). The facility is located in St. Catherine Parish, approximately 30 km west of Kingston.

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