Category: Press Releases

Georgetown, April 2019: The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), with support from the Canadian High Commission in Georgetown, under a grant from the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), supervised the installation of nine (9) integrated stand-alone solar powered 80W Light Emitted Diode (LED) street lights at the Guyana National Park. At a cost of two million, four hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars (G$2,465,000), the project aims to provide patrons who access the National Park through the parking area and those…

Georgetown, July 2019: The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) recently held a public consultation with stakeholders and residents of the villages of St. Ignatius, Kumu and Quarrie as preparation is advanced for a proposed 1.5 megawatt Kumu Hydropower Project. With over 140 participants, the consultation which was held in St Ignatius at the ‘Community Benab’ was conducted as part of the process to ensure that both residents and other stakeholders were aware of what the project entails, its benefits to the…

Georgetown, September 2018: The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), in 2017, installed 0.96 MW solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems on the rooftops of 70 Government buildings.  An additional 1.94 MW rooftop Solar PV panels will be installed at 90 government buildings by the end of 2018. In keeping with the Government’s Green State Development Strategy, the Guyana Energy Agency continues to monitor, design and advance initiatives focused on transitioning towards renewable energy and greater energy independence. From the experience gained thus far,…

Georgetown, August 13 2018:  The Guyana Energy Agency, in collaboration with the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), hosted a consultation workshop for key stakeholders titled ‘Human Resources Management, Energy Statistics & Planning Awareness’ on August 13, 2018 at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown. The workshop was conceptualized under the frame work of the ‘Caribbean Energy Statistics Capacity Enhancement Project’ which has been implemented and supported by OLADE and the International Development Association – World Bank. The Project’s main objective is to…

Georgetown, November 02nd, 2018:  Energy Conservation was farthest from the minds of the sixty students of grades 5 and 6 who attended the Guyana Energy Agency’s (GEA) ‘Express Your Energy’ activity which was held on Friday November 2nd, 2018 in the auditorium of Cotton Field Secondary School Region 2 and jump started GEA’s activities for CARICOM Energy Month (CEM) 2018.  Representing 6 Primary schools that were selected by the Regional Educational Office, the students hailed from: 8th of May Primary,…

Georgetown, July 2018: As the  Hosororo Hydropower Project nears commencement of installation, the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) recently held a public consultation with residents of Mabaruma and other stakeholders as a part of the process to ensure that they were aware of what the project entails and its benefit to the community. During the community engagement, Regional Chairman, Mr. Brentnol Ashley, thanked the GEA and the Ministry of Public Infrastructure for ensuring that the project was resuscitated. “Initiatives like these…

Georgetown December 13th, 2018:   The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), in collaboration with the IDB and the Hinterland Electrification Company Inc. (HECI), hosted a public seminar on ‘Solar Water Heaters for the Hotel and Hospitality Sector’ on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at the National Conference Centre, Plantation Le Ressouvenir, E.C.D. Specifically targeting persons within the hotel and hospitality sector, the seminar sought not only to educate persons on the advantages of solar water heaters, but also to create a platform that…

Georgetown, March 2018: The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), in keeping with its mandate to carry out research into all sources of energy including those sources presently used in Guyana for the generation of energy, and securing more efficient utilisation of energy and sources of energy, over saw the installation of forty five (45) integrated stand-alone solar powered 80W Light Emitted Diode (LED) street lights at the Guyana National Park. GEA’s Energy Engineer Brian Constantine, who monitored the installation of the lights, explained that the project was financed by the…

Georgetown, January 2018: In the latter part of December 2017, the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), through a project financed by the Government of Guyana,installed twelve (12) integrated 80W solar powered street lights around the Stabroek Market Square and 750 energy efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs aroundthe eastern facade of the building. The integrated solar powered street lights that were installed use renewable energy from the sun to charge the batteries which provide lighting at nights using energy efficient LED lights. The lights are controlled…