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Jamaica: Green energy training facility at Wigton Windfarm
The Wigton Windfarm Ltd. (Wigton) will transform its resource center into a high-tech training facility for renewable energy, with the aim of developing local capacity and expertise in the industry over the next three years.
The resource centre is outfitted with multimedia capability, electronic workstations and a wind-energy poster series.
Plans are in place to expand the offerings of the facility to include physical demonstration models and industrial-renewable energy apparatus in a practical laboratory setting.
During the last six months, a number of university students and professionals in the energy sector have benefited from the training interventions offered at the resource centre. In February, more than 30 persons from local universities, utility and energy companies participated in a renewable-energy workshop (wind seminar) delivered by Vestas.