{"id":28368,"date":"2026-02-09T18:48:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=28368"},"modified":"2026-02-09T18:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:48:53","slug":"linden-to-benefit-from-25-mw-solar-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/linden-to-benefit-from-25-mw-solar-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden to benefit from 25 MW Solar Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>-by Celestine Chacon <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Mark Phillips has announced the construction of a 15-megawatt solar farm in Linden, Region Ten, with private sector company BOSAI set to contribute an additional 10 megawatts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Linden will get a combined 0f 25 megawatts of renewable energy by the end of 2026, more than any other town, more than any other region in Guyana<\/strong>,&#8221; the PM said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the Prime minister says over twelve thousand residents across Regions One, Two, Six, and Nine are expected to benefit from the upgrading of eleven solar photovoltaic mini grids, this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Villages like Baramita, Sebai , Karaburi,Kwebanna,Akiwini,Yarakita,\u00a0 St Monica and Wakapoa, Orealla and Siparuta and Kardarnau will benefit from these projects<\/strong>,&#8221; he further explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once completed, these upgrades will extend electricity supply to 116 community and public buildings, including schools, health facilities, and administrative centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, 13.7 billion dollars has been allocated to the energy sector as the government continues to advance access to a modern, sustainable energy system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-by Celestine Chacon Prime Minister Mark Phillips has announced the construction of a 15-megawatt solar farm in Linden, Region Ten, with private sector company BOSAI set to contribute an additional&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572,360,350],"tags":[537,371,372,370,416,412,405,637],"class_list":["post-28368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-budget-2026","category-energy","category-news","tag-budget-2026","tag-energy","tag-energy-security","tag-guyana","tag-linden","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news","tag-solar-farm"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28368","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28370,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28368\/revisions\/28370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}