The NDC Partnership Support Unit intends to subgrant funding to contract a firm to support Jamaica’s Energy Efficiency Improvement and Renewable Energy Systems Programme for the National Water Commission (NWC) through the development of a Technology Needs Assessment, Feasibility Study, Technology Action Plan, Procurement documentation and a Comprehensive Capacity Building and Training Programme on Energy Management. In addition, the firm will play a key role in ensuring that the consortium of partners involved delivers a cohesive package of outputs to NWC. This subgrant agreement will run until July 2025.
The overall purpose of the consultancy is to support Jamaica’s National Water Commission (NWC) to implement a comprehensive Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency programme by developing a Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) and Feasibility Study which consists of detailed strategies required to achieve measurable improvements in Energy Efficiency (EE) and implementation of Renewable Energy (RE) solutions. This support will provide the required foundation for the implementation of an integrated EE and RE Programme that will reduce Energy Intensity at NWC facilities.
The Government of Jamaica remains committed to increase energy efficiency, reduce emissions and increase renewable energy generation in the water sector. As such, a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) in the water sector (2020-2030) was completed in 2019 to improve energy efficiency of water supply by 10% and increase Solar PV installed by 15MW. All these activities support the National Water Policy and Implementation Plan, that aims to improve the energy efficiency of water supply and increase share of renewables. This support will be the foundation for the implementation of an integrated EE and RE programme that will reduce the Energy Intensity at NWC Facilities. The NWC currently depends on the National Utility Grid for electricity and is the largest consumer of electricity, with consumption averaging over 200GWH. Jamaica’s usage of fossil fuels to generate electricity is approximately 80-85%.