InfrastruCaribe Weekday
Edition 2021-04-27
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InfrastruCaribe Weekday is a weekly PHC Infrastructure Newsletter, published on Tuesdays, which depicts the current investment in sizable physical and social infrastructure and status of implementation on their respective Caribbean Islands.
Dominican Republic tenders 2 natural gas-fired power plants
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Government agencies will call for tenders to buy two natural gas-fired power plants in combined cycle and through long-term contracts, to increase energy generation. The tender EDES-LPI-NG-01-2021, is headed by the three energy distributors, the Energy and Mines Ministry and will be supervised by the Superintendence of Electricity. According to the specifications, the plants should supply 700 and 800 megawatts of power. One of the plants will reportedly built in Manzanillo, Montecristi (northwest) “The first (plant) must have power between 350 and 400 MW. In addition, the energy must be supplied by a 400 WM combined cycle unit, and a natural gas terminal with onshore storage capacity that ensures the minimum supply of combined cycle generation units for a total of 800 MW,” says a statement to […]
Energy: 43 companies interested in maintenance of Punta Catalina power plants
Santo Domingo.– A total of 43 companies and consortiums showed interest in the international public bid for the operation and maintenance of the two units of the Punta Catalina Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTPC). The Ministry of Energy and Mines reported that 27 bids were presented in physical form and 16 in virtual form, for a total of 43 national and foreign companies and consortiums that expressed their interest in offering the service by responding to the call made on February 5. The entire process of opening envelopes and verifying bids was in charge of the Dominican State Electric Utility’s (CDEEE) bidding committee, chaired by minister of Energy and Mines Antonio Almonte. Almonte highlighted the transparency with which the process is carried out and announced that this will be the criterion […]
Wartsila files $48 million lawsuit against WAPA
Wärtsilä has filed a $48 million lawsuit against the V.I. Water and Power Authority, claiming that the Authority has failed to pay for work done at the Harley Power Plant
Completion of GPL’s 46.5 MW plant delayed - Stabroek News
The Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) new 46.5 MW generating facility at Garden of Eden (GoE), East Bank of Demerara will not be ready for an April
More talks needed on old Port of Spain power station - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
PORT OF SPAIN mayor Joel Martinez, along with the city corporation’s chief building inspector Deoraj Ramtahal, paid a site visit to PowerGen’s cooling water system, a component of the city’s decommissioned power station, on Wednesday. They were joined by PowerGen project manager Patricia Chin Cheong and representatives of the Ministry of Works and Transport. The … Continue reading More talks needed on old Port of Spain power station
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