…project falls under US$40M system upgrade–Bharat DindyalGuyana Power and Light is installing a fiber optic cable. This was confirmed by Chief Executive Officer of the power company,China Jerseys Wholesale, Bharat Dindyal, who said that while not much information can be disseminated publicly about the project, it forms a part of the US$42M ($8.4B) electricity system upgrade.That project is being undertaken by the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC).Despite the power company’s numerous pronouncements on the US$40M upgrade for the electricity, the top brass for the power company has never before divulged specific details on fiber optic cable being installed.Dindyal told this publication that the fiber optic cable will provide a range of services for the Power Company in the modernization effort and will range from data collection to the installation of CCTV systems.The fibre optic cable will be linking the sub-stations and a sophisticated SCADA (Supervisory, Control and Data Acquisition) system to facilitate the monitoring, control and protection of the entire system, will be integrated.When asked why the power company did not seek to lease or rent bandwidth from the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company given that it already has an installed capacity far greater than the foreseeable demands for the Country,NFL Jerseys From China, Dindyal said that utility companies would usually install such capacities independently.He did reiterate that given the nature of how the cable will be used some of the information as it relates to the project will have to be kept confidential.This publication was informed that the cable will be incorporated along with the power cables that the Chinese contractor is installing.Government, last August, unveiled the US$42M ($8.4B) project that will see the replacement of 110km of faulty electrical transmission lines between Berbice and Demerara and the building of several sub-stations and a state-of-the-art control room linking them but failed to make mention of the installation of the Fiber Optic Cable.The project also prepares GPL’s transmission and distribution system for the introduction of hydropower, and will also reduce the technical losses currently plaguing the state-owned company.GPL has long said that losses could be reduced significantly if there is a total revamp of transmission and distribution system.GPL’s Divisional Director of Operations, Colin Singh, is on record as saying that the project includes the construction of seven new sub-stations at strategic load points in Demerara and Berbice, as well as 26 new 13.8kv distribution outlets, which will address the age-old problem of circuits being overloaded.For some four decades,NFL Jerseys China Cheap, GPL and its predecessor, the Guyana Electricity Corporation,wholesale jerseys china, have seen little changes to the transmission and distribution system.After 1992, over 44 Megawatts of new Wartsila units were installed in Demerara – during the 90s.Over time, too,Wholesale Jerseys China, more than 20 MW by way of Caterpillar sets were also installed to boost power production, amidst growing demands.Late 2009,wholesale jerseys, 20.7 MW of Wartsila power was added and another 15.6 mw is to be installed shortly.