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– 25 MW project could be operational in 18 monthsGovernment is seriously considering the approval of a 25-megawatt wind farm at Hope Beach, East Coast Demerara.A feasibility study has been completed and the environmental hurdles have all been crossed for the US$40M project, says local businessman/investor,Jake Browning Washington Jersey, Lloyd Singh.Investor, Lloyd SinghGovernment and the principals of the project have been meeting in recent months with the aim of signing a power purchase agreement that will see the state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) purchasing electricity at a cheaper rate, Singh confirmed yesterday.Two weeks ago, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds,Christian Folin Jersey, who has responsibility for power, told a Parliamentary committee with oversight on natural resources, that “rapid progress” has been made on a project for a wind farm at Hope Beach. Noting that a renewable energy project at Hope Beach was one that has been a “20-year aspiration”, Hinds disclosed that “studies” have been done and “records kept”.Guyana wants additional,Mike Mitchell Steelers Jersey UK, cheaper power as several new housing schemes and a number of new industries continue to spring up, spurring an increased demand for power. The administration has been pinning hopes on a 165-megawatt (MW) hydro electric project at Amaila Falls, Region Eight to meet demands.However, that project has been temporarily shelved after the US developer, Sithe Global, pulled out last year. This was after the National Assembly remained divided on key legislation that was critical to the funding of the US$840M-plus project. Sithe Global had wanted total consensus from all the parties.Government has since said it has not ruled out the Chinese, who were putting in a significant portion of the funding in the original arrangement, as bridging that balance of the money needed.A US$26M, a 26 MW Wartsila power station is currently being built at Vreed-en-Hoop,Ricky Williams Texas Jersey, West Bank Demerara, and expected to be up by mid-year, but Guyana will continually be looking for additional electricity.With Amaila expected to take as much as five years to build, any supply of power to the national grid would welcomed by GPL.According to Singh, it is estimated that power will be sold between 13-15 US cents per kilowatt to GPL. Currently, the power company, largely using the cheaper, heavy fuel oil, is generating at around 18 US cents per kilowatt.The wind farm will consist of 10 GW-109 turbines each with capacity to produce 2.5 megawatts.“We can become operational in as little as 16-18 months,” Singh said.An artist’s impression of the 25-megawatt, US$40M project that Government is considering at Hope Beach.The businessman,Mike Webster Steelers Jersey UK, who is also the main principal in International Pharmaceutical Agency Group and the major shareholder of Guyana Wind Farms Inc., is partnering with Avic International, a significant player in China’s wind farm development and the first company to install Chinese turbines in the United States.In 2008, Avic International supplied 10 sets of one megawatt wind turbines for Lubbock, Texas and is a major supplier for the USA. Its current project includes the development of a 90-megawatt wind farm, also in Texas.Singh disclosed that they will be teaming up with Goldwind Science and Technology Co. Ltd.,Cheap Rutgers Scarlet Knights Jerseys, China’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, headquartered in Urumqi,Chicago Cubs Trevor Cahill Jersey, Xinjiang,John Elway Stanford Jersey, China, to develop the wind farm. It is one of the largest China-based wind turbine manufacturers by the 2011 market share and the third largest in the world, delivering an installed capacity of 3,584 megawatts in 2011.Singh is looking for the power facility to be built under a ‘Build, Own, Operate, Transfer’ (BOOT) arrangement, where it could end up in the hands of Guyana after a specific number of years.“We are even looking to Lethem, Region Nine area, for a possible similar project and awaiting government’s approval to conduct a feasibility study. The Essequibo Coast is also not being ruled out.”It is not the first time that eyes have been cast on Hope Beach for a wind farm. In 2009, Delta Caribbean N.V., a Curacao-based company, had been highly interested in this project. It had done feasibility studies for a 13.5 megawatt wind farm at an estimated cost of US$26M.The project, Singh said,Cheap Washington State Cougars Jerseys, is now waiting on Government’s approval and the PPA for financial closure.