Latest update March 7th, 2025 7:05 AM
Bartica fully powered again… Berbice repairs almost completed – GPL
Electricity generation in Bartica has been restored to full capacity as a result of the installation of two generators, the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) announced yesterday.
The repairs will now see the Bartica plant satisfying demands continuously after weeks of outages.
GPL has now unveiled a number of projects to upgrade the electricity systems of that community which is located up the Essequibo River, in Region Seven.
An ocean-going vessel ran into this GPL pump house last week, leaving damage and causing severe outages to Berbice.
Targeted for upgrade next will be the distribution system, the first phase of which will commence tomorrow.
“During this phase, the north distribution line will be upgraded from 4.160KV to 13.8KV. Concomitant with this exercise, GPL will install and commission a 13.8KV sub-station transformer. Distribution at the higher voltage will lead to improvement in the voltage levels and quality of supply,” GPL announced yesterday.
There have been increasing complaints in recent times from that riverain community over the electricity supply.
During the upgrades, residents First and Fifth Streets and First and Seventh Avenues and Caribesce Hill will be without power for short periods between 06:00 -16:00 hours, the state-owned company said.
“Further near-term improvements will involve the relocation of the existing generation site; while at the same time installing a new generating set of 2MW capacity (current peak demand is approximately 1.5MW). This new unit will have the capacity to satisfy the projected increasing demand, with second-hand sets as backup.”
Meanwhile, in Berbice, electricity supply to residents in Berbice was expected to return to normalcy by last evening as technical teams continued to work to complete repairs to the two damaged raw water pumps at GPL’s pump house at Canefield Power Station.
“Repair to one of the damaged pumps has been completed thus enabling one of the two Mirrlees Diesel generators to become fully functional since Tuesday night. However, work is progressing on schedule and the second generator is expected to be operational by this (Wednesday) evening.”
Two Tuesdays ago, electricity supply to Berbice residents was affected due to extensive structural damage caused by an ocean-going vessel that collided into GPL’s pump house at Canefield Power Station, Canje, resulting in damage to the raw water pumps that provide cooling water for the two Mirrlees Diesel Generators.
Berbice has a demand of around nine megawatts of power.
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