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Government must decide to spend quality time in conducting a proper national energy survey so that our requirements are effectively met

May 23, 2024 Letters

Dear Editor,

Recently, the nation was briefed on a proposed gas-to-energy project for which to date we have not seen a proper feasibility study. Coupled with this, last December the government purchased a number of portable gensets which thus far do not seem to have made any significant positive impact on our current black out situation.

Added to the above is the acquisition of the powership. This too will not solve our power problems. As one who was in on the modernisation of our power system many years ago, I feel that we have dropped the ball somewhere.

I worked for Demba many years ago. Then we had a River Gauging Dept. under a Mr. Nascimento. They installed weather stations on all the major creeks and rivers in this country and culled info from them quarterly. Thus, there existed info for the development of hydropower stations. I don’t know if such info can be located locally, but I’m quite sure that the Canadian company that operated here as well as Voight of Germany would be able to share info with our government if we here are desirous of such.

National power development has to take place incrementally and not on the piecemeal basis as is seen here. We have to start by developing 25-year- and 50-year-plans and ensuring that every 5 years some significant developments take place.  In addition, we must factor in maintenance, since this is crucial for the efficient and economic operation of the equipment.

The use of diesel gensets for powering a nation is wasteful since these plant have an average lifespan of 20 years. Steam and gas turbine plant have much longer lifespans, but require greater installation times. Our government must decide to spend quality time in conducting a proper national energy survey so that our requirements are effectively met.

Regards.

Cyril Walker

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