Skeldon producing energy, supplying GPL

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is successfully producing energy at the Skeldon Cogeneration Plant and supplying to the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) grid, according the Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy.

He revealed that for March, the plant generated 9,876 MWH of energy, with 54.2% of the total energy generated coming from turbine (bagasse-based) generation and 45.8% from diesel-based generation.

“…The Co-Gen Plant in Skeldon exported 5,644 MWH energy to the GPL National Grid in March. Of this amount, 1,410 MWH or 25% was from the bagasse-based turbine generators. The rest, 4,233 MWH was from the diesel-based generators,” Ramsammy said in a ministry press release, while noting that both APNU and the