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Jamaica

Land Area: 10,991  sq km
Coastline: 1,022  km
Population: 2,847,232  people (July 2010 est)
Irrigated Land 250  sq km
Airports 15  
Pipelines n/a  km (combined estimate)
Railroads  (Broad Gauge) n/a  km
Railroads  (Narrow Gauge) n/a  km
Paved Roads 15,937  km (Total)  [9,969 Miles]
Unpaved Roads 5,615  km
National Electrical Demand 6.345 Billion kWh (2007 est)

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Estimate for Building on 300 Miles of Roads in Jamaica

Interstate Traveler estimated cost  
$10 Million / Km   ($16 Million / Mile)

Estimated cost to integrate on 300 Miles of Road (482.79 Kilometers)
300 Miles * $16 Million / Mile = $4.82 Billion

Estimated Solar Grid on 300 Miles of Road
5,280 ft/mile * 16 feet in width = 84,480 sqft / mile
84,480 SqFt / Mile * 300 Miles = 25,344,000 Square Feet of Photo Voltaics

Estimated Photo Voltaic Performance
20 Watts / Square Foot / Hour

Estimated Total Solar Grid Performance on 300 Miles of Rail per hour:
25,344,000 * 20 = 506,880,000 Watts/Hour or about 506 Megawatts / Hour

Net Energy Production Estimated Annual Energy Production for 300 Miles of rail (8 hours / day *365)
506, 880,000 watts/hour * 8 = 4,055,040,000 watts / day * 365 = 1,480,089,600,000 watts / year
1.4 Billion kWh/year ( 22 % of the National Energy Demand)

System would support a starting number of 900 Transports (3 every 1 Mile) at 80 passengers each for a simultaneous passenger capacity of 72,000 pedestrians.

Estimated Revenue on Transit fee of $0.05/minute/person >>> 72,000 * .05 = $3,600/minute or $216,000.00 / hour during rush hour.

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6/6/2001 - Latest Jamaican Presenation

Link for the Kingston to Montego Bay Presentation - June 2011

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3/28/2011 Presentation to Jamaican Ministry of Rail Roads

Link to PowerPoint 'Show' Format Presenation

Link to PowerPoint

Link to PowerPoint pptx format

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Kingston Metropolitan Region - 5 Phase Development

Kingston.Metropolitan.Region.Presentation

Kingston.Metro.Region.Pres.PDF

Montego Bay to Falmouth

Regions/Caribbean/Jamaica/MontegoBayToFalmouth.pdf

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Base Estimates on Aluminum Production

A standard mile of rail should produce an estimated  watts/ hour during peak solar exposure

5280ft*16ft=84,480sqft * 20watts = 1,689,600 watts/hour/mile or ~ 1.7 Megawatts/hour/mile

About 6.2 kWH (kilowatt hours) of electricity is required to produce one pound of aluminum from alumina. (source: http://www.rocksandminerals.com/aluminum/process.htm )

If 100% Power from Rail is dedicated to production of Aluminum from Alumina the following estimated projected figures may apply:
1,700 Kilowatts/hour/mile at 6.2KwH / lb of Al = 274.1 lbs/hour.

If we consider the energy production of a 100 mile system to be 170 Megawatts/hour.  We can then consider the dedication of 10% of the energy to Bauxite production for a total of 17 Megawatts/hour.   Further, if we consider a maxium solar day of eight hours, then there is a maximum of 136 Megawatts / Day available for production of Aluminum.   Therefor we can consider the following equation for daily production capacity of Aluminum:  136,000 KwH / 6.2 KwH = 21,935 Lbs of Aluminum / day.  Current commodity prices for Aluminum is about $1.00USD/Lb, therefore the daily Aluminum production rate estimated above equates to $21,935.00 / Day * 365 = $8,006,265.00 / year

Bauxite Research References:

http://www1.american.edu/TED/bauxite.htm

 

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