THE Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has said that the installation of additional generation sets is progressing smoothly, and will soon be able to bolster the utility company’s power- generation capacity.
According to the company in a post on its social media pages, work is progressing at the Columbia substation to incrementally add generation to the grid/Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS).

Just last week, Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, told the Guyana Chronicle that the installation of the new generators and engines was ongoing and will soon boost the generation capacity at the country’s main power supplier.

Approximately two weeks ago, a vessel arrived in the country containing engines totalling some 28.9 megawatts (MW) along with other critical components for power generation.
These items were procured as the country has been faced with frequent power outages, which is said to be as a result of the increased demand for power across the country because of the rapid development.

At the end of September this year, GPL had recorded a historic peak in demand amounting to 182 megawatts of power.
In 2022, however, it was noted that based on projections, there was a realisation that demand for power would increase significantly this year and as such, the procurement process began early.

This year, GPL was able to procure this 28.9 megawatts of additional generation from Apan Energy Services. This addition is part of a US$27.5 million investment by the government to respond to the increased demand and to minimise power outages from the country’s main power supplier.