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Hybrid solar farm in Guyana to be commissioned soon
November 23, 2018
Guyana’s Department of Public Information and its Ministry of Public Infrastructure announced that the construction and installation of the GYD 264 million solar farm in Mabaruma is now complete. This hybrid solar system will add significant diversity to the region’s energy mix, providing renewable energy to 75 percent of the community. The last phase of […]
Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago to share details of energy agreement
September 20, 2018
Guyana President, Mr. David Granger, announced the soon-to-be-signed Memorandum of Understanding on Energy Sector Cooperation is not a secret document and he would ask for it to be made public. The MOU is “consistent with our rights and obligations within CARICOM, said Mr. Carl Greenidge, Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, “and in keeping our relationship […]
Guyana Energy Ministry unlikely before 2020
September 20, 2018
President David Granger announced that his plans for a Ministry of Energy may not be realised before 2020. The recently established Department of Energy would be responsible for preparing the transition to a fully-fledged ministry. Once the ministry is established, it will be tasked with regulation and monitoring of Guyana’s energy sector. Source
Guyanese factory turns to solar
August 29, 2018
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the Guyana rum producer, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), plans to build a solar farm for power generation. In Guyana, only one large-scale photovoltaic project is currently being developed, a 100 MW facility planned with the support of the Norwegian government . Guyana plans to more than double its power generation output from 749 […]
Japan commits $17.8m to Guyana’s renewable energy development
July 3, 2018
The Government of Guyana has secured a deal with Japan for US$17.8M dedicated to renewable energy development and system efficiency improvements. This grant will also provide US$1.3M for energy saving LED lights, which are expected to fund 10,930 units of LED streetlights. This investment will be used to improve the efficiency of the power system […]
Guyana’s oil boom and how the private sector can catalyze transformation
August 23, 2017
Guest Editorial written by Sally Yearwood, Executive Director of Caribbean Central America Action. The emergence of Guyana as the new frontier for oil and gas exploration has brought the South American nation to the threshold of unprecedented economic expansion. Current estimates of the three wells that have been confirmed thus far suggest that Guyana could be producing 500,000 […]
Guyana to install solar PV on over 50 government buildings
July 14, 2017
After completing a 740 kWp solar installation on the roof of Guyana’s parliament building, the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) hired the Swiss company meeco Group again to install its sun2roof solution on 57 government-owned buildings. “We are delighted to have achieved the installation of 740 kWp on the roofs of different public buildings such as […]
Solar PV coming to Guayanese State House
May 9, 2017
Guyana awarded a tender to Swiss-based meeco Group to install a 43 kWp solar PV system on the State House in Georgetown. The Ministry of the Presidency will be equipped with a state of the art 43 kWp solar rooftop system which will be synchronised with the grid. Through a joint venture, OurSun Guyana will […]
Guyana: Green Heart Tree Energy commissions new solar PV system
April 6, 2017
Green Heart Tree Energy (GHTE) entered the renewable energy market in Guyana earlier on March 3, 2017 when it commissioned a 10 kilowatt system to power the Paramakatoi Flavours Sun Dried Tomato Processing Plant, the company said in a statement. “The Paramakatoi project is the beginning of GHTE’s commitment to long term investment in the […]