{"id":20562,"date":"2024-06-14T17:10:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T17:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20562"},"modified":"2024-06-14T17:10:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T17:10:41","slug":"power-generation-improved-with-berbice-power-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/power-generation-improved-with-berbice-power-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Generation Improved with Berbice Power Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Power generation in Guyana has seen significant improvements with the deployment of a power ship at Everton, Berbice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acting CEO of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), Kesh Nandlall, informed NCN News that the smooth operation of the power ship has led to a notable reduction in power outages across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The power ship, which was connected to the power grid just over three weeks ago, has added an additional 36 megawatts to the system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This increase has helped minimize the power outages that plagued the country earlier in the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the power generation capacity stands at approximately 218 megawatts, while the demand is just over 180 megawatts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall acknowledged that while some power outages still occur, these are primarily due to network issues rather than insufficient power generation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The connection of the power ship has allowed for regular maintenance on power engines that were previously overworked due to the lack of sufficient capacity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This maintenance is crucial for ensuring a more reliable power supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, Nandlall confirmed that GPL is making progress in securing an additional 30 to 40 megawatts of power before the end of 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These efforts, along with the anticipated Gas to Energy project slated for 2025, are expected to significantly boost the generation capacity, further stabilizing the power supply in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Power generation in Guyana has seen significant improvements with the deployment of a power ship at Everton, Berbice. Acting CEO of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL),&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[360,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20562","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=20562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20564,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20562\/revisions\/20564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}