Eight Rivers Energy Company has been awarded grant funding from the US Agency for International Development to develop the largest solar energy plant in Jamaica.
A release from the United States Embassy in Kingston did not give the value of the grant.
But it says the grant to build a 37 megawatt solar farm in Westmoreland is the first award under the Clean Energy Finance Facility for the Caribbean and Central America.
The facility will provide support to Rekamniar Capital Limited to partner with independent power producer, Neoen, which form the Eight Rivers Energy Company.
The purpose of the grant is to support selected legal, consulting and engineering costs in late stage project development.
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