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PUC commissions new generator as back-up for Praslin |29 August 2013




The Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) has commissioned a new one megawatt electricity generator for Praslin and the corporation has also started major overhaul maintenance work on its largest generator at the Roche Caiman Victoria Power Station.

The new generator which the corporation shipped to Praslin yesterday has just been bought and is expected to boost electricity power generated by its station on the island.

PUC’s electricity operations manager Elvis Frederick said yesterday the new generator is expected to increase electricity produced and act as a back-up on Praslin in the event that one of the generators there go off line.

He said the new generator will be in operation until a new power station is operational on Praslin, adding that installation and full commissioning of the generator is expected to be completed in the next three to four weeks.

Meanwhile the PUC has announced that since Tuesday it has started major overhaul maintenance work on one of its largest generators of eight megawatt at its power station at Roche Caiman.  
Mr Frederick said the overhaul maintenance work is in line with manufacturing guidelines which state that servicing is carried out after every 12,000hrs of operation.

The work is expected to be completed over a two-week period.

“The maintenance work is expected to significantly reduce PUC’s production capacity over the next couple of weeks but based on our analysis, electricity that we will be producing during that period will be able to satisfy consumers’ demands,” Mr Frederick said.

He noted that in spite of that it is very unlikely that there would be any power cuts during that period.

But the PUC stressed that the possibility is always there if it happens that public demand surpasses what the corporation produces.
The work is being carried out in consultation with an international company.

The PUC has already completed overhaul maintenance work on its generators on Praslin and is expected to complete similar maintenance on its smaller generators on Mahé by the end of the year.

 

 

 

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