EDITOR’S NOTE: Early in March, #InfrastruCaribe featured electricity infrastructure in our edition 2021-03-09. This newsletter does the same, as we continue our series on Caribbean utility infrastructure. Four locations are covered, namely: The Dominican Republic (DO), Guyana (GY), U.S. Virgin Islands (VI), Trinidad and Tobago (TT).
Our headline, taken from the Dominican Today, reads: “Dominican Republic Tenders 2 Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants”. The government intends to enter into long-term contracts to supply and install 700 and 800MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plants to increase the country’s generating capacity.
Also, 43 bids had been received in the international tender for the operation and maintenance of two units at the Punta Catalina Thermoelectric Power Plant. While in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Wärtsilä has filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority claiming unpaid fees for the repair a St. Thomas power plant.
In Guyana, commissioning of a 46.5 MW plant for Guyana Power and Light has been rescheduled from April to June due to the pandemic and unfavourable weather conditions. Finally in Trinidad and Tobago, Major of Port of Spain was given a tour of the water cooling system of PowerGen’s decommissioned power station