-hoping to be at 265 MW by end of year
The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) is now generating enough to meet peak demand and is aiming to produce at least 265 megawatts of electricity by the end of 2024.
The company’s Execu-tive Management Commit-tee Head, Kesh Nandlall in making his presentation to the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Economic Services on Wednesday explained that in 2021 a 46.5-megawatt plant was commissioned, and in 2023 four new caterpillar sets at a total of 5 megawatts were brought on stream and this year generators were installed at Columbia, Mahaicony to supply 28.5 megawatts along with the Turkish power ship which he said is now operating at full capacity of 36 mega-watts.
According to Nandlall the gross generation for GPL is expected to grow by 20% per annum between 2024 – 2028 and the peak demand by 18% per annum.
