{"id":19313,"date":"2024-04-30T21:50:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19313"},"modified":"2024-04-30T21:50:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:50:15","slug":"progress-at-everton-berbice-for-power-ship-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/progress-at-everton-berbice-for-power-ship-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress at Everton, Berbice for Power Ship Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Royan Abrams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, NCN News ventured to Everton, Berbice, to observe the ongoing preparations for the installation of a power ship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the site in Everton, significant groundwork is underway, including land clearing and the installation of utility poles, to pave the way for the arrival of the power ship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This location has been deemed ideal for docking the vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCN spoke with Ravindra Jagnandan, Zone Manager for GPL Berbice, who provided insights into the project&#8217;s progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagnandan highlighted the necessity of building a network to connect the power barge to the existing grid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ship will dispatch 69,000 kilovolts, requiring the construction of a new transmission line to facilitate power distribution to various load centers across Berbice and Demerara. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By tapping into existing transmission lines, the aim is to minimize power outages caused by generation shortfalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 13, Guyana Power and Light finalized a contract with Urbacon Concession Investments for the lease of the power ship for a two-year period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement encompasses operations and maintenance services, ensuring the efficient functioning of the power ship during its tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As preparations continue at Everton, Berbice, for the installation of the power ship, the project signifies a significant step towards enhancing the reliability of electricity supply in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Royan Abrams Today, NCN News ventured to Everton, Berbice, to observe the ongoing preparations for the installation of a power ship. At the site in Everton, significant groundwork is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[360,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19315,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19313\/revisions\/19315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}