Government is currently looking at the development of the hydropower site at Tiger Hill, which has the capacity to adequately supply Linden with electricity, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson told the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources yesterday.
“Obviously the idea is to develop Tiger Hill; it is very close and it will obviously open up that region for other things… There has always been the idea of moving Linden towards the industrial centre, where it should be, and obviously with Tiger Hill coming on stream that can assist,” he said.
Patterson, who was accompanied by Horace Williams, the CEO of the Hinterland Electrification Unit and Head of Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) Mahender Sharma, was making a presentation on the