The road to the Amaila Falls hydro-project is 93 percent complete with just minor works left.

I hope by the time 100% of the road work is completed, we can hear a different tune about the Hydro Power Project itself.

How much money PPP thief on this project?

Poor Fippy the PPP kick him to the curb after he run away with de money or was that part of the script?

My mother use to say: One, one butty build dam. I believe in my mother's wisdom. 

My mother still says don't swalla serpent piss and avoid snake oil at all cost.

15% is a conservative kick back.

Rememeber this story from a year ago?

Amaila Falls runs dry

The Amaila Falls which was intended to supply the nation with 165 megawatts of electricity and save Guyana millions of US dollars is bone dry.

An overhead view of the dried out Amaila Falls

Yesterday, Works Minister Robeson Benn said that it is not unusual for waterfalls used to provide hydroelectricity to run dry. He pointed to power stations in Suriname and in Brazil. He said that when the contractors would have built a dam that would have stored water to smoothen the flow regime. The dam would have given rise to a reservoir which would have been used to regulate the flow of water for the hydro. Minister Benn also explained that in times of heavy rainfall, the excess water would have been released through gates. He insisted that had there been a dam, the extent of dryness at this time would not have been as severe. The hydroelectric facility was being constructed at a whopping US860 million. This dry spell revealed that Guyana could not have depended on the hydro for a continuous supply of power. Minister Benn said that the engines currently in use by Guyana Power and Light would have been kept to provide a back up. The smaller engines would have been distributed to places like Mahdia and Port Kaituma and some Berbice locations

A photograph provided by GINA of Amaila Falls with a bountiful supply of water in March Last year

where electricity is generated for no more than four hours a day. But if indeed that were to be the case then whenever the falls runs dry the nation would have experienced severe power outages. Amaila would certainly not have been worth the money spent to build it.

Originally Posted by HM_Redux:

How much money PPP thief on this project?

 

Poor Fippy the PPP kick him to the curb after he run away with de money or was that part of the script?

15% is a conservative kick back.

 

Rememeber this story from a year ago?

 

Amaila Falls runs dry

October 12, 2013 | By KNews | Filed Under News 

The Amaila Falls which was intended to supply the nation with 165 megawatts of electricity and save Guyana millions of US dollars is bone dry.

An overhead view of the dried out Amaila Falls

Yesterday, Works Minister Robeson Benn said that it is not unusual for waterfalls used to provide hydroelectricity to run dry. He pointed to power stations in Suriname and in Brazil. He said that when the contractors would have built a dam that would have stored water to smoothen the flow regime. The dam would have given rise to a reservoir which would have been used to regulate the flow of water for the hydro. Minister Benn also explained that in times of heavy rainfall, the excess water would have been released through gates. He insisted that had there been a dam, the extent of dryness at this time would not have been as severe. The hydroelectric facility was being constructed at a whopping US860 million. This dry spell revealed that Guyana could not have depended on the hydro for a continuous supply of power. Minister Benn said that the engines currently in use by Guyana Power and Light would have been kept to provide a back up. The smaller engines would have been distributed to places like Mahdia and Port Kaituma and some Berbice locations

A photograph provided by GINA of Amaila Falls with a bountiful supply of water in March Last year

where electricity is generated for no more than four hours a day. But if indeed that were to be the case then whenever the falls runs dry the nation would have experienced severe power outages. Amaila would certainly not have been worth the money spent to build it.

 

 

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Was dat also by Freddy Kruger??

You're like a broken record with obsession on piss. You should get your own forum with members that share your thoughts on piss. 

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Originally Posted by Mitwah:

Originally Posted by HM_Redux:

How much money PPP thief on this project?

 

Poor Fippy the PPP kick him to the curb after he run away with de money or was that part of the script?

15% is a conservative kick back.

 

Rememeber this story from a year ago?

 

Amaila Falls runs dry

October 12, 2013 | By KNews | Filed Under News 

The Amaila Falls which was intended to supply the nation with 165 megawatts of electricity and save Guyana millions of US dollars is bone dry.

An overhead view of the dried out Amaila Falls

Yesterday, Works Minister Robeson Benn said that it is not unusual for waterfalls used to provide hydroelectricity to run dry. He pointed to power stations in Suriname and in Brazil. He said that when the contractors would have built a dam that would have stored water to smoothen the flow regime. The dam would have given rise to a reservoir which would have been used to regulate the flow of water for the hydro. Minister Benn also explained that in times of heavy rainfall, the excess water would have been released through gates. He insisted that had there been a dam, the extent of dryness at this time would not have been as severe. The hydroelectric facility was being constructed at a whopping US860 million. This dry spell revealed that Guyana could not have depended on the hydro for a continuous supply of power. Minister Benn said that the engines currently in use by Guyana Power and Light would have been kept to provide a back up. The smaller engines would have been distributed to places like Mahdia and Port Kaituma and some Berbice locations

A photograph provided by GINA of Amaila Falls with a bountiful supply of water in March Last year

where electricity is generated for no more than four hours a day. But if indeed that were to be the case then whenever the falls runs dry the nation would have experienced severe power outages. Amaila would certainly not have been worth the money spent to build it.

 

 

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Was dat also by Freddy Kruger??

Dat Albertan gat more fluids in his diapuh than de Amelia Falls.

Oh rass bhai, today is not Friday...means no reason not to feel like Friday.  You is the most colorful poster on GNI in recent days. 

The Amaila Falls which was intended to supply the nation with 165 megawatts of electricity and save Guyana millions of US dollars is bone dry.

 

This dry spell revealed that Guyana could not have depended on the hydro for a continuous supply of power. Minister Benn said that the engines currently in use by Guyana Power and Light would have been kept to provide a back up. The smaller engines would have been distributed to places like Mahdia and Port Kaituma and some Berbice locations where electricity is generated for no more than four hours a day. But if indeed that were to be the case then whenever the falls runs dry the nation would have experienced severe power outages. Amaila would certainly not have been worth the money spent to build it.

 

An overhead view of the dried out Amaila Falls

 

A photograph provided by GINA of Amaila Falls with a bountiful supply of water in March Last year

 

Amaila Falls runs dry, October 12, 2013 | By KNews | Filed Under Ne

As stated on all previous discussion, specific on the location of this hydroelectric development, I stated that projects were build in different parts of the world with similar situation to the Amaila Falls i.e., the main source of the project is augmented with flows from other stream(s).

There are many identical hydroelectric projects which are build in Canada, Europe, Africa and other parts in the world. I was the Hydroelectric Power Coordinator for projects in Canada and other parts of the world for projects with similar parameters.

The aforementioned comments were provided on this specific article on previous occasions.

The Amaila Falls which was intended to supply the nation with 165 megawatts of electricity and save Guyana millions of US dollars is bone dry.

 

This dry spell revealed that Guyana could not have depended on the hydro for a continuous supply of power. Minister Benn said that the engines currently in use by Guyana Power and Light would have been kept to provide a back up. The smaller engines would have been distributed to places like Mahdia and Port Kaituma and some Berbice locations where electricity is generated for no more than four hours a day. But if indeed that were to be the case then whenever the falls runs dry the nation would have experienced severe power outages. Amaila would certainly not have been worth the money spent to build it.

 

An overhead view of the dried out Amaila Falls

 

A photograph provided by GINA of Amaila Falls with a bountiful supply of water in March Last year

 

Amaila Falls runs dry, October 12, 2013 | By KNews | Filed Under Ne

As stated on all previous discussion, specific on the location of this hydroelectric development, I stated that projects were build in different parts of the world with similar situation to the Amaila Falls i.e., the main source of the project is augmented with flows from other stream(s).

 

There are many identical hydroelectric projects which are build in Canada, Europe, Africa and other parts in the world. I was the Hydroelectric Power Coordinator for projects in Canada and other parts of the world for projects with similar parameters.

 

The aforementioned comments were provided on this specific article on previous occasions.

Where are the environmental studies for the Amelia Falls project? The PPP admitted that there was none.

Dried up Amaila Falls vindicates opposition stance on project

– David Granger

The graphic image of a dried up Amaila Falls and Kuribrong River, vindicates the position held by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) that the proposed 165MW project was badly conceived in the first place. Leader of the political opposition party, David Granger, in an invited comment yesterday, said that the possibility of a dried up falls and river is the reason why APNU had called for a Potaro Basin Development Authority in the first place. He said that such a body would have been equipped with the necessary skills that would have been able to properly analyze and predict weather patterns. Granger said that the major flaw in the project design was to single out the Amaila site and Kuribrong River as the only source of water for the hydro electric plant.

An overhead view of the dried up Amaila Falls and Kuribrong River

According to Granger, there are a number of other sources of water in the Potaro basin that could have been diverted to the reservoir for the plant. This would have allowed for a more stable supply of water that could facilitate an even larger plant. He said, too, that a glaring example of the project being poorly conceived and implemented was the fact that at one point when the project was set to take off, there were still surveys being conducted. Granger was making reference to the plane that had crashed on a Plaisance home which had been contracted by Sithe Global. The American registered aircraft, a twin-engine Piper Aztec with registration number N27-FT, was on a technical survey mission for the Amaila Falls project. Granger suggested that there is a need for a project that supplies much more than the proposed 165MW hence the need for a more guaranteed supply of water for the project. The Opposition leader said that the availability of water from the Kuribrong River for the Amaila Falls project is but one aspect of the concerns surrounding the project. Granger said that the Amaila Falls location could very well still be the best location for the project but this has to be verified and backed up with solid data that could have been put together by the proposed Potaro Basin Development Authority. He said that the opposition is also concerned about the costs, transmission line and the building of the road among other aspects of the project. The Amaila Falls which was intended to supply the nation with 165MW of electricity and save Guyana millions of US dollars is at present, bone dry. Public Works Minister, Robeson Benn, said that it is not unusual for waterfalls used to provide hydroelectricity to run dry. He pointed to power stations in Suriname and in Brazil. He said that the contractors would have built a dam that would have stored water to smoothen the flow regime. The dam would have given rise to a reservoir which would have been used to regulate the flow of water for the hydro. Minister Benn also explained that in times of heavy rainfall, the excess water would have been released through gates. He insisted that had there been a dam, the extent of dryness at this time would not have been as severe.

Alright, this thread has been tampered by Mitwah. No more posting. 

The graphic image of a dried up Amaila Falls and Kuribrong River, vindicates the position held by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) that the proposed 165MW project was badly conceived in the first place. Leader of the political opposition party, David Granger, in an invited comment yesterday, said that the possibility of a dried up falls and river is the reason why APNU had called for a Potaro Basin Development Authority in the first place. He said that such a body would have been equipped with the necessary skills that would have been able to properly analyze and predict weather patterns. Granger said that the major flaw in the project design was to single out the Amaila site and Kuribrong River as the only source of water for the hydro electric plant.

 

An overhead view of the dried up Amaila Falls and Kuribrong River

 

Dried up Amaila Falls vindicates opposition stance on project, October 13, 2013 | By KNews | Filed Under News , – David Granger

It is not a dried up source according to David Granger. The main stem of the source has limited or minimal flows, no different that the main source for constructed hydroelectric projects worldwide which derive additional flows from other stream(s)..

If David Granger is indeed aware of hydroelectric sources investigated, he would be aware that there are over eighty locations studied and well documented in Guyana.

This is another Skeldon white elephant in the making.