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European Union Energy Facility II Project: Frameworks, Policies and Instruments for
Mobilising Renewable Energy in the Caribbean
NEWSLETTER INTERVIEW
2ND EDITION
Dr. Mahender Sharma is Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), located in Guyana. GEA stands as the central authority for conventional and non-conventional energy procurement, management, research and development in Guyana. Dr. Mahender shared his thoughts with us on Guyana’s current drive to develop their renewable energy sources.
Q. Dr. Sharma, as CEO of the Guyana Energy Agency, you have a good grasp and understanding of Guyana’s energy sector. How effective, in your estimation, has Guyana’s policy framework been in spurring implementation of renewable electricity generation in Guyana?
A. Guyana’s energy policy seeks to ensure that reliable energy is provided to all persons in Guyana within an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable framework. Consequently, we are actively pursuing the development of our hydropower resources as a priority (such as the Amaila Falls Hydro-Electric Project), bagasse-based cogeneration to complement existing cogeneration, power generation from rice husk and woodwaste.
Over the next five years, more than 1 MW of solar Photovoltaic systems would have been installed in Guyana.
Importation and installation of solar water heaters will be encouraged for both residential and commercial use. The tourism and hospitality sector will be engaged with the objective of promoting the installation of solar water heaters.
Guyana will support the implementation of wind systems at the residential and commercial levels for off-grid applications and to supply energy to the national grid, provided that pricing mechanisms are competitive and sustainable.
Options for interconnecting renewable energy generators to the grid will be reviewed and explored with the aim of implementing grid-tied systems and net-metering platform.
The Government of Guyana will continue to aggressively pursue the opportunities for increased biofuels production (biodiesel and ethanol) for export and local consumption. The GEA will work closely with small farmers to encourage the use of small bio-digesters to reduce waste and produce biogas.
Energy efficient and renewable energy cook stoves will be reviewed to provide sustainable energy solutions where appropriate.
GEA will continue its campaign to educate and guide consumers in making wise energy efficient choices. Energy audits, per unit production energy consumption reports, energy “walk-through” assessments, and the opportunities for energy service companies (ESCOs) will be encouraged at the residential, commercial and industrial levels. Options for energy efficient street lighting will also be explored and tested.
Q. Guyana has significant hydro-electric potential, enough to satisfy the country’s entire electricity consumption needs with surplus to export to other Caribbean
European Union Energy Facility II Project: Frameworks, Policies and Instruments for
Mobilising Renewable Energy in the Caribbean
countries. Yet, practically all of Guyana’s electricity is generated from imported oil. Why hasn’t Guyana made greater use of its hydro potential?
A. Tumatumari Hydropower Station (1.5MW) was developed in 1957 and re-commissioned by the Government of Guyana in 1969. The plant is now defunct and is being considered for rehabilitation by a private company. Moco-Moco Hydropower Station (0.5MW) was developed in 1999 but went out of operation in 2003 when it’s penstock was damaged in a severe rainstorm. Government is currently considering options for its restoration. In addition to the above, the following feasibility studies have been completed:
 1974, Upper Mazaruni Hydro-Electric Project (3.1MW)
 1976, Hydroelectric Power Survey of Guyana (15 sites for a cumulative 7.2 – 7.6MW)
 1982, Guyana Power Study (6 sites examined)
Q. Following on from the previous question, what steps/plans, if any, have been put in place to facilitate greater utilization of hydro power?
A. The Amaila Falls is the most advanced hydropower development and is expected to have an installed capacity of 165MW. The plant is designed to deliver electricity to Guyana's capital, Georgetown, and its second largest town, Linden, by a 230kV transmission line. Construction of the hydropower facility and electrical interconnection is anticipated to begin in 2014 and will take approximately four years to complete. Guyana’s electric utility, with peak demand of about 100 MW, is currently dependent on fossil-based imports for most of its energy generation. The 165MW hydropower plant would therefore meet Guyana’s electricity needs from a renewable energy source.
- The Government has conducted feasibility studies of hydro-power potential of the Chiung River, at Kato and the Eclipse Falls on the Barima River. Approval was received from the EU for funding the construction on the bank of the Chiung River, a 330 kW capacity, run-of-the-river, hydropower station with a distribution network to supply electricity to an educational complex, existing government institutions and a pump station for irrigation.
- A private mining company is currently studying and reviewing the potential of developing a hydroelectric project on the Kurupung River in Region 7. The 60MW project is being contemplated to provide power mainly for mining activities.
- Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Brazil, which, in the first stage, provides a two-year period for Brazil to study the adjacent basins of the Mazaruni and Potaro Rivers and diversions within and between them, so as to determine the most favourable arrangements and sequence for the development of hydropower sites. Presumably, power developed would be sold to Brazil along a transmission line which would be part of any such development.
- Guyana is also a party to an MoU on the Northern Arc Interconnection Project, which seeks to evaluate the feasibility of a possible collaboration on the energy transmission system for the electric interconnection of Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and the northern cities of Boa Vista (State of Roraima) and Macapá (State of Amapa) (the Northern Arc Countries), with support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
European Union Energy Facility II Project: Frameworks, Policies and Instruments for
Mobilising Renewable Energy in the Caribbean
Q. Guyana does not appear to have in place financing schemes (loans, grants etc) or incentives geared specifically towards renewable energy, is this likely to change in the near future?
A. In 2012, the Government of Guyana Zero-rated VAT and made fully exempt from Import Duties, the following:
Machinery and equipment for obtaining, generating, and utilizing energy from renewable energy sources. These include Solar panels, Solar Lamps, Deep-Cycle Batteries, Solar Generators, Solar Water heaters, Solar Cookers, DC Solar Refrigerators, DC Solar Freezers, DC Solar Air Conditioners, Wind Turbines, Water Turbines, Power Inverters, Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) and Light Emitting Diode (LED) Lamps.
Q. Lastly, for those with an interest to develop utility-scale RE projects in Guyana, what is the step-by-step procedure to follow to ensure as smooth a process as possible for project implementation?
A. See flow diagram here
Project Contacts Project email: renewable-energy@capricaribbean.org Project Coordinator: Suzanne SHAW Project Officer: Mark DENNIS

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Okay, I guess I know you.  Are you talking University Campus?

So who has the contacts to get this report Charles Sohan is talking about?

"The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has carried out a feasibility study in consideration of a loan for Amaila Falls."

I would like to see a detailed study on the feasibility of Amaila Falls.  The new government shelved the project, but did they consider everything?  I have seen the Sithe Global August 2013 presentation which paints a very rosy picture for Amaila Falls, but it has a lot of unanswered questions.  That IDB report should be good information.

The reports are with the Government of Guyana.

commercial business,  

Facts and issues are important.