NATION NEWS

2009 deadline for power plant
Published on: 3/28/08.

THE BARBADOS Light & Power Company is pressing ahead with plans to build its $50 million generating station at Trents, St Lucy.

Chief marketing officer Stephen Worme said in an interview this week it should be operating by the end of next year.

"We are right now evaluating the tenders for the [20 to 30 megawatt] gas turbine. The expectation is that it would be somewhere mid to the end of 2009; it's probably closer to the end of 2009. After the tenders are evaluated and the person is chosen, we will be then entering discussions to finalise contracts." (DS)