Another hydro-electricity company is hoping to provide power to Guyana within another six to eight years and have enough surplus generation for sale to countries in South America and the Caribbean.

The Guyana Hydropower Project is being developed by ENMAN Services Limited, a Caribbean engineering company that has been developing the project since 2001. The facility is to be located on the Mazaruni River in the vicinity of Turtruba Falls. It will use fibre-optic cables to link power from Guyana to Brazil and the Caribbean.

Construction should start in another two years and the finished hydropower station in about six years from the start of construction.

The company intends to have a working relationship with Synergy Holdings Inc, now on the verge of financial closure for its hydroelectric project to be located at Amaila Falls. “If Synergy takes off we’ll develop a hydropower regime in Guyana