Georgetown, May 2017: Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), Dr. Mahender Sharma, is urging all Ministries, Government Agencies, Semi-Autonomous Organizations, private sector entities and residents to procure ONLY energy efficient/energy star certified air conditioning units. Dr. Sharma is cautioning entities procuring air-conditioners to not only look at the initial capital cost of the ACs when determining a supplier, but to also look at the annual energy costs for operating the units. If analysed over a 2 to…
Georgetown, April 11 2017: On Monday 10th April, 2017 Inspectors of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), with support from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) conducted an operation in the Mahaica area.…
Georgetown, March 2017: The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ministry of Indigenous People Affairs (MoIP) has commenced the installation of nine (9) grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems at Public Institutions (mainly secondary schools) across the country which will produce an estimated 124,321 kWh of energy annually.…
Georgetown, April 2017: The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), along with other sector Agencies, continue their efforts and work in the monitoring and oversight of Licensing activities to ensure compliance with procedural and regulatory provisions under the Laws of Guyana.…
Georgetown, March 2017: The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) recently implemented energy efficiency and energy saving initiatives at the St. Joseph’s High and North Ruimveldt Multilateral Secondary Schools in Georgetown. These initiatives were done in response to findings from an energy assessment conducted at both institutions, where it was identified that significant savings in energy could be achieved through the replacement of inefficient lighting appliances.…
Georgetown, March 15, 2017: On Wednesday March 15, 2017, Scotiabank Guyana presented one thousand (1,000) booklets to the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) for distribution to grade six -students of Primary schools identified by the Bank.…
The public is invited to submit their comments on the Draft Policy to the Chief Executive Officer, Guyana Energy Agency; email: gea@gea.gov.gy Draft National Energy Policy…
Georgetown-December 29, 2016: To support the CIDA/OLADE/University of Calgary–Haskayne School of Business’s Rural Electrification Project in Guyana, the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) installed a 160 Watts solar water pump at the newly constructed Cassava Processing Plant and Farine Factory in the village of Wowetta located in Region 9.…
Georgetown-November 2016: The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), under a 2016 capital budgeted project, has completed the installation and rehabilitation of four (4) solar systems at schools located in the hinterland and riverain communities and who were without access to electricity.…
(One of the Planned Activities to Commemorate Energy Month 2016) Georgetown, November 26, 2016: The Conference Centre at Latchmansingh Primary School, Region 5, was the scene of high energy and excitement, on Friday November 25th 2016, as sixty students (60) participated in the Guyana Energy Agency’s ‘Express Your Energy’ activity. Representing ten Primary schools that were selected by the Regional Educational office, the students hailed from: Latchmansingh Primary, Cotton Tree Primary, Number 5 Primary, Number 8 Primary, Number 29…