Prime Minister (Ret’d) Brigadier Mark Phillips yesterday announced that his government aims to utilise gas from offshore oil wells to generate close to 200 megawatts (MW) of power by December 2024.
Phillips made the announcement during a tour of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Garden of Eden power generation plant, where a massive expansion project is being undertaken.
“But we are looking at bringing gas to shore and that itself is a transformative project for Guyana. By the estimation of the studies so far the gas-to-shore project itself will increase the power [generation] by some 200MW from what we are getting now. So we will have an additional 200MW of power and December 2024 we will have that project completed in Guyana,” Phillips announced.
