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2. Solar power in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   Solar power in Jamaica. Jamaica 's electricity sector is dominated by non-renewable generators that use petroleum products, primarily Bunker C fuel oil and automotive diesel which generated 93% of the annual output for 2014. There is a small contribution from a few small hydroelectric plants and a couple of wind farms, one of which, Wigton Wind ...

3. Solar water heating - Wikipedia

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   An advertisement for a Solar Water Heater dating to 1902 Frank Shuman's sunengine on the March 1916 cover of ... Price of solar water heater (more complex systems are ...

4. Solar thermal collector - Wikipedia

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   A solar thermal collector collects heat by absorbing sunlight. The term "solar collector" commonly refers to a device for solar hot water heating, but may refer to large power generating installations such as solar parabolic troughs and solar towers or non- water heating devices such as solar cookers or solar air heaters. [1]

5. List of power stations in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Jamaica, sorted by type and name. In Jamaica, the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has a monopoly on the "transmission, distribution and supply of electricity". [ 1 ]

6. Solar thermal energy - Wikipedia

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   Solar thermal energy. Roof-mounted close-coupled thermosiphon solar water heater. The first three units of Solnova in the foreground, with the two towers of the PS10 and PS20 solar power stations in the background. Solar thermal energy (STE) is a form of energy and a technology for harnessing solar energy to generate thermal energy for use in ...

7. Central solar heating - Wikipedia

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   Central solar heating is a sub-class of 'large-scale solar heating' systems - a term applied to systems with solar collector areas greater than 500 m 2 . Aquifers, boreholes and artificial ponds (costing €30/m 3) are used as heat storage (up to 90% efficient) in some central solar heating plants, which later extract the heat (similar to ...