The Turkish power ship company supplying the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has bid to supply the additional 60 megawatts (MW) of electricity that the utility company now seeks as it prepares for increased demand during the CPL cricket and Christmas seasons.
Bids to supply GPL with 60 MW of net power generation baseload capacity for the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, Georgetown, and among the five bidders was Karpowership Global DMCC in partnership with Urbacon Trading and Contracting Inc.
Other companies included power systems and heavy-duty machinery conglomerate, Machinery Corporation of Guyana Ltd (MACORP) which indicated that it could supply power at US$0.0645 per KWH.