{"id":29793,"date":"2026-05-08T19:38:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=29793"},"modified":"2026-05-08T19:38:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:38:25","slug":"energy-efficiency-is-a-national-priority-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/energy-efficiency-is-a-national-priority-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy efficiency is a national priority &#8211; PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>-by David Clarke<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Guyana continues to expand its energy production capacity and pursue major infrastructure development, Prime Minister Mark Phillips says energy efficiency must now be treated as a national priority and a key pillar of the country&#8217;s long-term development strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PM Phillips says Guyana&#8217;s long-term energy security will depend not only\u00a0on expanding generation capacity but also improving energy efficiency across the country.\u00a0Addressing an energy efficiency and conservation seminar, the Prime Minister says global volatility\u00a0and rising utility costs have made efficient energy use increasingly important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;The strategic answer that addresses the root of our vulnerability is to reduce our dependence\u00a0on imported energy through the twin pillars of renewable energy supply and energy efficiency,&#8221;<\/strong> he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister says the government is simultaneously pursuing a supply-side transformation\u00a0of historic proportions through major investments in generation capacity and renewable energy infrastructure.\u00a0He noted that Guyana has added 186 megawatts of new generation capacity since August 2020,\u00a0including 37 megawatts from renewable sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Over 186 megawatts of new generating capacity.\u00a0We have constructed solar farms, completed two mini-hydropower plants, installed 46 solar mini-grids,\u00a0and distributed 37,230 solar home energy systems,&#8221;<\/strong> he further pointed out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government is also targeting 600 megawatts of natural gas generation and 130 megawatts\u00a0of solar energy by 2030, while advancing the Amayla Falls hydropower project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-by David Clarke As Guyana continues to expand its energy production capacity and pursue major infrastructure development, Prime Minister Mark Phillips says energy efficiency must now be treated as a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[360,362,350],"tags":[488,371,370,412,405],"class_list":["post-29793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","category-low-carbon-development","category-news","tag-488","tag-energy","tag-guyana","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29793","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=29793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29795,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29793\/revisions\/29795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}