Amaila Falls to produce cheaper energy by 2015- President reminded during independence speech

Georgetown : By early 2015, the Amaila Falls Hydro Plant will be delivering cheaper and cleaner energy for the majority of Guyanese citizens and businesses, this is according to President Bharrat Jagdeo addressing the nation at this year’s independence anniversary.

The President said “this will transform our national competitiveness, and as the largest investment in the history of Guyana, it will demonstrate to the world that Guyana is able to attract foreign direct investment and use that investment to catalyse large scale, world class infrastructure programmes”.

He pointed out that the project will almost eliminate Guyana’s dependence on fossil fuels for energy generation, and one of the top twenty clean energy economies in the world.

A section of the gathering in the national Park for the 45th Independence anniversary celebration