Jamaica’s Renewable Energy Crossroads: Transitional Challenges and Recommendations

Randy Koon Koon; Errol Dias

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-68846-1_10

Jamaica’s Renewable Energy Crossroads: Transitional Challenges and Recommendations

Randy Koon Koon
, Errol Dias

CEES School of Engineering

The University of the West Indies, Mona

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Abstract

Jamaica’s renewable energy drive towards higher penetration rates into the national electrical grid has made significant progress since the early 2000s. However, the nation has continued to exhibit a societal tendency toward electricity theft (non-technical losses). Updated statistics from the national electricity grid provider the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) speaks of non-technical losses of around 20%.

Research into high-profile communities exhibiting electrical theft was conducted to assess the correlation between electrical theft and alternative lighting technologies, knowledge of energy use and the cost of lighting technologies. Therefore, this chapter explores the major challenges of non-technical losses toward the electrical grid and presents potential recommendations for alternative lighting technologies to aid in the excessive energy demand of 200,000 plus illegally connected households.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Energia Progresiva
Subtitle of host publication	An Intertemporal Analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean's Energy Landscape in the Industrial Age
Editors	Japhet M. Kariuki
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Chapter	10
Pages	255-280
Number of pages	26
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-68846-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-68845-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68846-1_10
Publication status	Published - 19 Feb 2026

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Jamaica
Transitional challenges and recommendations
Non-technical losses

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Jamaica’s Renewable Energy Crossroads: Transitional Challenges and Recommendations. / Koon Koon, Randy; Dias, Errol.
Energia Progresiva: An Intertemporal Analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean's Energy Landscape in the Industrial Age. ed. / Japhet M. Kariuki. 1. ed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2026. p. 255-280.

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