The Guyana Power and light Inc. (GPL) this evening announced the arrival of six 1.6 Megawatt (MW) Caterpillar Units which were purchased to boost generating capacity for the holiday season.
Three of the units will be installed at GPL’s Sophia, Georgetown location, while the other three will be placed at GPL’s Onverwagt (West Berbice) location, a release from the company said.
An additional four units, with total capacity of 6.4MW, have been placed on standby by the supplier in case there is a failure of any of the six units purchased by GPL, the release said.
GPL said that the arrival of these units is in keeping with the Company’s commitment to boost generation capacity and provide customers in the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System with reliable electricity.
The six power modules and associated transformers were procured at a cost of $475,422,029 and $80,886,430 respectively, the release added.
