GEORGETOWN, April 9, 2025 – Guyana's government has signed contracts worth USD 422 million with Power China and Kalpataru to build transmission infrastructure for the 300-MW gas-to-energy power plant at Wales, a government official said on Friday. In the largest investment in GPL's infrastructure to date, Guyana signed US$422 million in contracts for transmission line extensions linked to the 300MW Gas-to-Energy project. Located at Wales, West Bank Demerara, the GtE. Government officials in the small South American country of Guyana have given the go-ahead for construction of a 300-MW natural gas-fired power plant, a facility that would represent a major expansion of the nation's power generation capacity. The signing ceremony was attended by Deodat Indar, Guyana's deputy minister of public works; Kesh Nandlall. Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret'd), Mark Phillips (center) with Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister, Alfred King (right)and Chief Representative of Power China, Dan Shen (left) at the signing the contract for the construction of the National Control Centre building (Source:.
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