‘Govt. in mad scramble to find 20 MW of power for Christmas’

(Kaieteur News) – The Government of Guyana (GoG) is now scrambling to source an additional 20 megawatts (MW) of electricity for the Christmas season, after a powership they were seeking sailed to neighbouring Venezuela.

Guyana is currently renting two powerships from a Turkish firm and was reportedly seeking a third vessel that would have been larger. Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation, Deodat Indar in an interview with this publication on the sidelines of Parliament on Wednesday said, “No. We don’t have any powership coming. We have to seek some additional power. We found about 20 megawatts, and we are working with a company to bring it to Guyana.”

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He said there is currently no local company that can supply the national grid with the electricity needed. “Listen, let’s not fool ourselves, there is nobody in Guyana that has a generator to sell one megawatt. If they have one, it’s already bought out. There is none,” Indar contended. Similarly, the minister argued that the power is not readily available in the region to be sourced.