Guyana’s blackout caused by outage at Kingston power station

• 2 months ago (2025-04-11)
• David Flin

Distribution 139 Latin America 88 Oil 21

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Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said that a prolonged blackout on 10 April was caused by a problem at the diesel-fired Kingston Power Station.

GPL said: “An investigation found damaged components at the Kingston Plant, and immediate efforts are being made to secure and install replacements. Further investigation and analyses are being carried out.” It added that at approximately 07.25 hrs local time, a technical fault occurred at the Kingston Power Plant. The Direct Power Control System failed on the busbar, triggering the disconnection of all breakers on that busbar, including three critical feeders, two generators, and a main 69 kV transformer. As a result, the Kingston plant went offline, causing a cascading shutdown across the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS).

An investigation found damaged components at the Kingston plant, and efforts are being made to secure and install replacements. Further investigations and analyses are being carried out.