Since Sithe Global deal closed … : Wide interest expressed in Amaila Falls Hydro project : – Dr. Luncheon

APNU and AFC support hydropower. Make it transparent and include the opposition and we will have Amaila. 

It will happen round 2. In fact, that is the only way it will happen. Every party learns from it's mistakes.

The PPP cannot spend 1 bill USD and exclude the opposition which won 51.8% from this decision of national importance. That's the biggest error to overcome. 

The Rev supported the PNC's decision to block Sithe Global from sponsoring Amaila----the financial structure was great for Sithe but terrible for Guyana.

Having said that, Guyana desperately needs a new, cheaper source of energy---hydro will propel the country onto a higher plateau economically.

And yes, the opposition parties must be involved in the discussions regarding any new hydro project---no more secrets.

Rev

Jagdeo style of Managing MUST be HISTORY. Baby Putin is no more.

The government needs a multi pronged plan. First it has to create a smart, distributed grid. Brazzington cannot be in charge here as his credential is as a thief and not as a manager. We need people with some science and engineering training not crooks trained at filching from the till. No smart grid, no amalia or anything matters.

At a predictably inconsistent output, amalia redesigned to use   GE turbines and not some Chinese copy,  for example, can achieve a reliable  100 KW not much more.  Siltation, and water supply will limit it. We need other micro hydro project, wind farms, and solar collectors to compliment  Hydro and fossil fuel plants. We need a consistent and redundant 300 Megawatt output ie some five times current usage rates to be considered reliable

They just spend US$26 million for three generators. It's not even anchored down as yet and they want to spend more money. Kato is a European project. Not a penny comes from Guyana. BOAT is not the way to go unless the GOG subsidizes increasing costs.

Excellent! Well said! Totally agree.

Rev

There are lots of things needed in Guyana and around the World, it would be nice if everyone gets their wishes.

He ( Ramotar) declared that the Alliance For Change’s (AFC’s) support for the project, while “too little, too late”, was “out of shame”.

Ramotar is an ingrate. He lacks diplomacy. He speaks with a forked tongue, He agreed to Local Elections for the AFC's support. For a leader he lacks credibility.

President Ramotar  surely needs a lesson in diplomacy---he needs to be more tactful---more artful in his words---use descriptions that show kindness and humility and broad-mindedness.

Maybe he has a limited vocabulary---poor UG education.

He is president--he is not running for re-election---no need to lambaste the little AFC party.

BOTTOM LINE:

Ramotar got some learning to do---maybe it hasn't sunk in that he is President of Guyana---not PPP party chairman.

Rev

The opposition parties were involved by the Government with discussions and related interactions for the Amaila project.

I agree BUT they want to make decisions without winning an Election. WILL NEVER HAPPEN.!!!

LIE! There was never a feasibility. It was not released until Sithe said to release.

This release was done only when Sithe was threatening to withdraw. Brassington/Jagdeo/Ramotar waited last minute.

That is a big fat lie. The opposition was excluded from the onset and could not get answers to their questions. APNU saved the nation.

JB, why do you lie so much? The feasibilty study has been around since 2002, before sithe was involved.

See this site at the bottom.

http://repository.unm.edu/handle/1928/21272

Another LIE! Try downloading it.

KNews posted pictures which suggest that Amaila Falls is not suitable as it sometimes runs dry in the rainy season.  This would mean severe rationing of electricity as the hydro dam is closed.

The PPP has failed to adequately address this problem.  PROPER analysis needs to be done to identify suitabel sites which do not run dry, which can be built with minimal environmental or socail damage, and in a feasible manner.  No one is against hydro power.  What people are against is a hastily developed site, with a history of PPP cronyism and a possibility of failure, this having encumbered GY with a high level of debt service obligations/guarantees.

JB Gal first you have to learn to read.

It is your choice to read, learn and really understand issues before expressing, as usual, your incorrect statements.

You would say anything to cover your lies.

Deal with the issues, rather than expressing your incoherent statements.

Your statements are most muddled. 

You alone know how to read imaginary documents. There is no study anywhere on that page. I looked at the paper named Amalia.pdf. It is not a study.

well if you ppp thief take all the ppp cronies and make them piss in the falls you guys might get some water to make the hydro

carib:

This may surprise you, but the Rev totally agrees.

By the way, a while back the Rev started a thread praising the PNC for killing the Sithe deal---in my estimation the financial structure was obscene---Sithe would have made out like bandits.

Anyway, its good to learn that other parties are interested in developing the hydro project in Guyana.

Maybe the IDB is helping put together a team(financial and technical) to study and develop Guyana's hydro potential. That would be great.

Rev

it will be a secret again

It won't be secret again---the PPP bais(Jagdeo and his cronies) were caught with their pants down with the Sithe farce--even Nigel Hughes was exposed.

Ramo is determined to have hydro under his watch---and no sneaky, underhand business will be tolerated.

Now. The IDB has expressed an interest in Guyana's energy sector---if they are involved from the inception---advising on the technical and financial aspects of the hydro----that would be encouraging.

But if you read about some US private equity firm--or some real estate man from Liberty Avenue, Richmond Hill, Queens, NY being involved in the project----BIG RED FLAG---PPP bais up to their usual thiefin tricks.

Anyway, The hydro project is too huge to be kept a secret---the Marriott, airport, etc---those are small---and the PPP bais will make their millions---but hydro is different.

The Rev dropping total truths and 100% honesty on you folks.

Rev

You have not approached the apt source.

Is your apt source that Pooja Shop in Florida?

Rev,

Now imagine if Amaila Falls went ahead, indebting Guyana up to US $850 Million, then after completion, it wa sdiscovered that power would have to be shut off for 2 months of the year, due to inadequate supply of water!

Just another example of PPP corruption and incompetency.  First Skeldon factory.  And we will see the same with the Marriott and CBJIA.

Thank you for pointing out why its not unlikely that next election only 55% of the PPP supporters show up, vs 70% of APNU's.

The grass roots PPP voter is tired of this nonsense, while they suffer to survive.  APNU/AFC supporters are eager to at a minumum ensure that the PPP remains a minority party so that the combined opposition can kill any stupid mega deal that they concoct for personal enrichment.

Just remember that Rev was the same person that predicted a defeat for Obama recently. You would be advised to take a grain of salt when you agree with him. 

He is not talking about your hydro seed.

rev is screaming PPP victory.  He thinks that PPP rants about "bad black man" will get Indos to vote for them even when he admits that they are rotten to the core.

I agree that they will not vote APNU.  Many will merely stay home.  Blacks will vote as the level of frustration against the rule of the Indo elite is reaching crisis levels.   You just hope that they contrinue to believe that electoral politics is the main vehicle that they can use to get the leadership who they want.

The Indian elites are not afraid of Black rule, in fact they know how to control the Blacks in power as noted by how many Indo millionaires were products of the PNC era. They say Indian ask for bigger bribes than the Blacks. However the Blacks will be bad for development as they lack vision as evidenced by their opposition to the many progressive PPP proposed projects. 

Then you should tell Nigel AND Cathy that they can't serve two masters. 

How do you define black? You are madras and your son Is as black as pitch and indistinguishable from the darkest African. What do you think the white folks here think of him...as one of them? No wonder he has already culturally gravitated to his comfort zone.