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Europe-based global clean energy firm MPC Energy Solutions, which is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in Norway, is reporting that it has leased several acres of land in Jamaica as part of a major project to develop a 72.5-megawatt, MW, solar power plant here.
A successful buildout of the planned investment would result in it being the single largest solar plant in Jamaica. Currently, the Eight Rivers solar project, in which the MPC Energy Solution-related MPC Capital of Germany holds a stake of more than 30 per cent, generates between 35MW to 51MW of energy at Paradise Park in Westmoreland.
That solar project, the largest in the country, was founded and developed by Rekamnair Limited, held by Jamaican Angella Rainford and French energy company Neoen, which owns some 50 per cent.
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