Jamaica yesterday received bids for a massive power plant using a variety of fuel sources which puts the average cost per megawatt at US$1.54M to US$1.62M compared to the Amaila hydropower project’s US$5.09M.
Amaila will provide cleaner fuel than the Jamaican options but analysts have argued that there must also be some rational weighing of the costs to the country and how this can be mitigated.
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