{"id":19539,"date":"2024-05-08T17:34:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19539"},"modified":"2024-05-08T17:34:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:34:10","slug":"prime-minister-tours-power-ship-docked-at-everton-berbice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/prime-minister-tours-power-ship-docked-at-everton-berbice\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Tours Power Ship Docked at Everton, Berbice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Nakasia Logan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Mark Phillips and Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh recently embarked on a tour of the Power Ship, which has docked at Everton, West Bank Berbice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The power ship, which arrived from Cuba, is expected to contribute 36 megawatts of electricity to the Demerara Berbice Interconnected System. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the tour, Prime Minister Phillips expressed satisfaction with what he saw, emphasizing that this investment signifies a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ashni Singh highlighted that while the power ship alone may not fully resolve the energy challenges, it will significantly assist, especially amid a growing economy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He underscored ongoing efforts to address the issue, including the construction of a 300-megawatt gas-to-energy project expected to be completed by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), Kesh Nandalall, affirmed that the powering up of the national grid on May 8 is on schedule, with minor adjustments remaining to be completed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandalall assured that the necessary infrastructure is in place for the power ship&#8217;s integration into the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tour signifies a commitment to enhancing Guyana&#8217;s energy infrastructure and ensuring a reliable electricity supply for its citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan Prime Minister Mark Phillips and Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh recently embarked on a tour of the Power Ship, which has docked at Everton, West Bank&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[360,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19539","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\/19539","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=19539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19541,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19539\/revisions\/19541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}