JPS and NIC complete Amity Hall Solar Project, setting a model for powering Jamaica’s agricultural growth

Jamaica Public Service (JPS), in partnership with the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), has completed the Amity Hall Solar Project in Old Harbour, St Catherine, showing how grid-connected renewable energy can power irrigation and lift agricultural productivity.

The project integrates a 100 kW Solar PV Net Billing System with the 18,000 m³ Amity Hall irrigation reservoir and 500 horsepower pumping facility, demonstrating how renewable energy, as an important part of Jamaica’s energy mix, can be connected to the grid to support irrigation and strengthen agricultural productivity.

It is the first completed initiative under the partnership between JPS and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding signed on August 14, 2024. The agreement advances agricultural electrification, climate-smart technologies, renewable energy and e-mobility across the sector.