Congratulations on a project that would have realized the benefit of cleaner and cheaper alternative energy to the Guyanese people. This is one project I have supported from the beginning and I hope to see it completed in my lifetime.
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Former Member
No one else doesn't seems to care about the Amelia Hydro Project. I can't be the only one that excited about it. Eh?
How long will this project take to complete?
@Former Member posted:No one else doesn't seems to care about the Amelia Hydro Project. I can't be the only one that excited about it. Eh?
Cobra, I read one of the huge disadvantages is the water flow is not consistent. But any viable effort for no more blackout in Guyana is a good one.
Holding back my bias. Any major project the government undertakes should be done by people who did similar projects before. But politicians seems to have their own reason for choosing a company, that others do not understand. The Skeldon factory should not have been built by the Chinese and building the Marriott Hotel should have included Guyanese workers. Also, the Guyanese forestry heritage should not be allowed to be destroyed by the Chinese.
Former Member
@Billy Ram Balgobin posted:How long will this project take to complete?
Generally, these projects take about 5 years to complete.
My graduate and post-graduate were focused on hydroelectric power development and water resources management.
My experience spans work in Guyana, Europe, Africa and in Canada.
Former Member
@Tola posted:Cobra, I read one of the huge disadvantages is the water flow is not consistent. But any viable effort for no more blackout in Guyana is a good one.
Water on the main stem is indeed not stable/consistent for the needed flow. The project involves the diversion of flows from another stream to augment the needed flow on the main stem.
Hopefully, the project will obtain the needed further studies plus finances to see its start within the next five years.
Former Member
Amaila Falls hydro back on agenda â Jagdeo
The Amaila Falls
The PPP/Câs flagship hydropower project at Amaila Falls, which was canned by the APNU+AFC administration back in late 2017, will be resuscitated, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo says even as the new government forges ahead with the construction of the Kato hydropower project as part of its future energy mix.
âWe are going to go back to hydro and an energy mix â hydro, wind, solar; all of them. Amaila would be part of that too,â Jagdeo told Stabroek News.
âNot just Amaila but there are also some mini ones and we have to review if they are feasible,â he added.
The 165 MW, US$858.1m Amaila Falls Hydropower Plan (AFHP) had been the flagship project of the PPP/C government when it was in power pre-2015. But while in opposition, both A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) had had deep reservations about it over cost, feasibility and other matters. This opposition to the project had resulted in the main investor, Sithe Global pulling out of the Region Eight project on August 9, 2013. APNU and AFC had a one-seat majority in the 2011 Parliament and were therefore able to successfully oppose the project.
Although Jagdeo had pleaded with the APNU+AFC government, when it took office in 2015, to continue a conversation on the project and ensure that it was restarted, Minister of State Joseph Harmon made an announcement in October of 2017 that the project had been canned. He had told this newspaper in an exclusive interview that his government was focusing on an energy mix with natural gas as a prime component.
Harmon had said the AFHP was too costly to explore and the government did not have the financial wherewithal or Sitheâs intellectual property documents at its disposal. Given those circumstances, he said it would be virtually impossible to enlist a new investor and as such a decision was taken to look at other energy alternatives.
Asked specifically if that meant that the government was not prepared to go out and find another investor, Harmon replied. âNo. The point is are you going to give us money to do that?â
The then Minister of State had explained that with an estimated âUS billion-dollarâ AFHP project, government could not fund it on its own even if it accessed the US$80M that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) was then holding through an agreement with Norway as Guyanaâs equity in the project.
For the Government of Guyana, he explained, the case for producing energy through AFHP, was not as easy as many believed since there were myriad questions left unanswered and a fact-based assessment by consulting company, Norconsult, highlighted these facts.
The Norconsult report, which was meant to be a final study of the AFHP and commissioned under the Guyana-Norway partnership, was generally favourable towards the AFHP but the APNU+AFC government interpreted it differently.
Engaging
Jagdeo told Stabroek News last week that the Irfaan Ali government will re-engage in discussions with Norway soon but would not say if it would be to help find funding on the project. âWe will be speaking to Norway shortly,â he said, as he explained that last week government had been engaging a number of countries and multinational agencies.
He did, however, reveal that discussions on another climate change agreement with Oslo is âdefinitely on the cardsâĶWe just want to get the budget out of the way,â he said
Jagdeoâs announcement was followed by Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill echoing that the energy mix will be a sustainable one, as he declared the restart of the 150KW hydropower project at Region 8.
âIt is one that we had initiated when we built the school (Kato Secondary School) and there would be extra [power] for the community. So it is continuing,â Edghill told Stabroek News.
With financing from the Global Environment Facility under the sustainability energy programme for Guyana, a US$2.2M contract for the âDesign, Supply and Installation of a 150KW hydropower plant on the Chiung River, at Kato Village, in Region Eightâ was signed by the APNU+AFC government in September of last year.
This contract was awarded to B & J Civil Works and then Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson had said that it would be a âwin-winâ for the Region, since upon its completion it would make Kato the first Indigenous village and only community within the country to be powered by 100% renewable energy.
But the project was paused due to the political impasse and a signal of its restart came yesterday with the advertising for a Clerk-of-Works by the Ministry of Public Works.
Edghill said that the project was âone of several that were committed to and had fundingâ.
The project is expected to run for a period of 18 months with a 12 months defects liability period after the completion of the project, the Ministry had explained.
The project comprises three components: The construction of 150KW hydropower plant on the bank of the Chiung River. Inclusive of wire, intake, headrace canal with sand trap, forebay, penstock and power house; the construction of 13.8KV Transmis-sion Network (Kato Hydro Station, Secondary School and Kato Village); and the construction of 120V Distribution Network in Kato Village.
According to the ministry, the objective of the project is to provide Kato and government facilities and the Kato Secondary School with a relatively cheap and reliable source of power that will result in livelihood enhancements.
It added that homes that are located within the proximity of the distribution grid are expected to receive power in the initial stage of the project. Additionally, at the school, electricity will be available in the evening for the students to read, write and study. It was also noted that power will be available during the day at the school to facilitate the use of power tools and equipment for technical and vocational training. Power will also be used for the pumping of water to ensure proper sanitation in the dormitory facilities.
Wood is Steel, some ppl will never be convinced that wood is not another form of steel. As if Skedon Estate is not enough proof of bad decisions, let's have another one, Amalia Falls hydro. No one can stop President Jagdeo, not even The Great Granger. He has the blessings of the gods, let him soar like an eagle.
@Former Member posted:No one else doesn't seems to care about the Amelia Hydro Project. I can't be the only one that excited about it. Eh?
The Project will be completed. The PNC cannot stop it now. As I said before they had a great infrastructure and didn't know what to do with it.
They will not be elected in 2025 again.
Former Member
Cheap electricity is essential to Guyana's economy. PPP is right on the money.
PPP can build anything. PNC can't even build a fowl pen. 
@Former Member posted:
PPP can build anything. PNC can't even build a fowl pen.
We have the Skeldon Pink Elephant as proof.
Former Member
You and the AFC bottom house crew will have diarrhea when Skeldon starts producing sugar and cheap electricity. Looks like you didn't learn from the Moses and Ramjattan pitch fork AFC lesson.
Brown sugar is now in high demand and the Indians are headed to Guyana. They are the world's second largest sugar producer. Bai, get out from under your AFC bottom house.
AFC is rotten meat. Sugar is back !!!! Bharat will mek all you lil bais whine and bytch.
@Former Member posted:You and the AFC bottom house crew will have diarrhea when Skeldon starts producing sugar and cheap electricity. Looks like you didn't learn from the Moses and Ramjattan pitch fork AFC lesson.
Brown sugar is now in high demand and the Indians are headed to Guyana. They are the world's second largest sugar producer. Bai, get out from under your AFC bottom house.
AFC is rotten meat. Sugar is back !!!! Bharat will mek all you lil bais whine and bytch.
Former Member
All skin teeth na naff, ask Moses who is now cleaning trench at the Rose Hall estate.
@Former Member posted:Cheap electricity is essential to Guyana's economy. PPP is right on the money.
PPP can build anything. PNC can't even build a fowl pen.
I don't believe you understand when a person constantly knocks down another, the more stupidier they look.
Former Member
@Tola posted:I don't believe you understand when a person constantly knocks down another, the more stupidier they look.
MOSES should SUE all them rass
Former Member
Moses is a Kaka Rass. Tell him Sean seh suh.
Former Member
@Former Member posted:Moses is a Kaka Rass. Tell him Sean seh suh.
GO & TELL him.SHOW us your power
@Former Member posted:MOSES should SUE all them rass
Only arrogant and ignorant people comes here with stories, without knowing what Moses and other retired legal people do for others. Dem selfish from falling off de boat and hitting dem head on de wata too many times.
@Former Member posted:GO & TELL him.SHOW us your power
Remove him from behind the computer and you will find him hiding under the bed.
Former Member
@Tola posted:Cobra, I read one of the huge disadvantages is the water flow is not consistent. But any viable effort for no more blackout in Guyana is a good one.
Holding back my bias. Any major project the government undertakes should be done by people who did similar projects before. But politicians seems to have their own reason for choosing a company, that others do not understand. The Skeldon factory should not have been built by the Chinese and building the Marriott Hotel should have included Guyanese workers. Also, the Guyanese forestry heritage should not be allowed to be destroyed by the Chinese.
I agree there is wasteful spending in govt and some of the govt contracts are based on the cheapest labor and the Chinese are good at that. I believe the Indians (India) could have done better. The bottom line is the job is done and the problems exist. I accept that all governments do make some bad choices and this is one for the book. How can the returning (PPP) government remedy the problems that exist?
@Former Member posted:I agree there is wasteful spending in govt and some of the govt contracts are based on the cheapest labor and the Chinese are good at that. I believe the Indians (India) could have done better. The bottom line is the job is done and the problems exist. I accept that all governments do make some bad choices and this is one for the book. How can the returning (PPP) government remedy the problems that exist?
The PPP will be smarter than PNC. They will cancel all PNC contracts and renegotiate them for a better deal. It's only 15 days.
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