Wärtsilä finds no risk to personnel or equipment at GPL’s Garden of Eden plant

Following the emergency shutdown of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Garden of Eden generating facility in January, the manufacturers of the engines have said that there were no findings to indicate any risk to personnel or equipment safety.

Mirja-Maija Santala, Manager of Marketing & Communications at the Finland-headquartered Wärtsilä told this newspaper stated that the shutdown of the power generating plant has since been lifted and all units are back online generating power for the national grid.

“Wärtsilä worked intensively and promptly in close cooperation with GPL to restore generation capability as quickly as possible. Units are fully operational today and providing power for the country… units [were] put back online quickly after reassembly without significant modifications or repairs,” she explained in an email response.