When completed at the end of next year, the Hope Wind Farm is expected to save the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) over US$6.5 million in fuel costs and will produce enough power to supply 7% of the current grid’s demand, according to manager Johan Sydow.
Sydow was addressing a second scoping meeting that was hosted last Tuesday by the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) at Hope, East Coast Demerara, where the project will be executed.
The proposed wind farm is expected to annually generate over 50 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity, which will be delivered to GPL’s grid and will lessen Guyana’s reliance on fossil fuels for power generation, reducing the emission of carbon dioxide and other pollutants.
