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US$20M Wartsila generation units…. GPL boss expects engines to be ready next week
By Rabindra Rooplall
Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is set to complete its testing on the 15.6 megawatt Wartsila generation units this week, according to Chief Executive Officer of GPL, Bharat Dindyal.
GPL had missed its previous commissioning August 31 date. There was to be the commissioning of the two 7.8 Megawatt generators which arrived last May.
GPL’s CEO, Bharat Dindyal
Dindyal said that GPL is preparing its final test which would be over a five-day period. There was to be a run on one of the engines starting yesterday afternoon.
He added that the second engine is finishing its second test on the grid. That test started on Friday.
Noting that the various tests are essential for the efficiency of the engines, Dindyal said that he is hoping that the various tests are completed successfully, and by next week they would be ready for commercial operations.
He said that many trials and tests of the instrument devices have to be done before the commissioning of the US$20M Wartsila generators. And a reliability run will then be done. This would see the machines being placed on the grid to run for several days to test their ability in operation.
The new date is expected to be announced by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, the minister holding the energy portfolio.
However, Dindyal had also noted that the six 1.5 megawatt Caterpillar units that were rented earlier this year to provide some 10 Megawatts to the system until the new Wartsila plant is commissioned, will still be used. Only after proper checks are done in the system that GPL would decide whether it would keep some of the machines on-line.
The Kingston power plant currently has the capacity to generate 85 megawatts of electricity.
While GPL would have catered for 500 new applications each month in 2011, the reality is that this has doubled to 1,000.
Last year, GPL saw demand spiking by 6.8 per cent because of a growth in economic activity and more household appliances coming into use.
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