{"id":19622,"date":"2024-05-10T01:20:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T01:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19622"},"modified":"2024-05-10T01:20:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T01:20:38","slug":"government-pursues-additional-power-supply-says-dr-bharrat-jagdeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-pursues-additional-power-supply-says-dr-bharrat-jagdeo\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Pursues Additional Power Supply, Says Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Samuel Sukhnandan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government is taking steps to enhance the national grid&#8217;s power capacity to meet the growing demands across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, General Secretary of the ruling People&#8217;s Progressive Party (PPP) and Vice President, announced this initiative during his weekly press conference at Freedom House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address immediate energy needs, the government has secured a power ship rental agreement that will provide an additional 36 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the national grid for the next two years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo expressed optimism that the integration of the power ship into the grid will alleviate the ongoing challenges of frequent blackouts experienced nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the power ship&#8217;s contribution is significant, Dr. Jagdeo revealed that the government is actively exploring further options to augment the country&#8217;s power supply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative aligns with the government&#8217;s commitment to addressing electricity issues comprehensively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo acknowledged the disruptive impact of persistent power outages on citizens and assured the public of the government&#8217;s determination to resolve the country&#8217;s electricity challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that the forthcoming Gas-to-Energy facility, once operational, will double the electricity generating capacity and substantially reduce costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gas-to-Energy facility represents a significant milestone in Guyana&#8217;s energy sector, promising improved reliability and affordability of electricity for citizens across the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Sukhnandan The government is taking steps to enhance the national grid&#8217;s power capacity to meet the growing demands across the country. Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, General Secretary of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[360,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19622","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\/19622","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=19622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19624,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19622\/revisions\/19624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}