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Electricity demand set to grow 3.1-8%

Published On: Wednesday, June 01, 2011

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

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lectricity demand in the Bahamas is expected to increase at a rate between 3.1 per cent to 8 per cent per annum in the period up to 2013, a study has revealed, with per capita energy consumption "somewhat high" for the Caribbean at 5,700 kilowatts per hour (kWh).

Noting that the Bahamas lost 12.3 per cent of the electricity it produced in 2008 before it reached the end user, the report, entitled Status of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in the Caribbean, noted that this nation was the only one in the region that required an electricity grid to cover an archipelago.

"The Bahamas is unique in that its electricity system is distributed among some 16 isolated island grids," the repirt said. "Thus expansion is incremental, and generation capacity is primarily small diesel plants with a capacity of 20MW and less. The BEC website features a map of plants on each island. In spite of the distributed layout of the system, BEC charges a single rate structure for its customers."

Peak demand for New Providence, according to the report released earlier this year, currently stands at 234 MegaWatts (MW). This figure is projected to rise by 53 per cent to 359 MW by 2013, largely as a result of projects such as Albany and Baha Mar coming on stream.

"Electrical consumption is somewhat high for the region, averaging 5,700 kWh per capita per year in 2008," the study noted.

"Annual growth in electrical demand to 2013 is expected to be at least 3.1 per cent, or as much as 8 per cent."

The study noted that total electrical sales in the Bahamas were forecast to rise from 1,536 GWh to 2,219 GWh by 2013, but little progress had been made when it came to introducing renewable energy into the power production mix.

Wind power had the potential to generate 58 MW, some 15MW of that on Grand Bahama, generating 5-10 per cent of existing capacity. Solar was said to have the same 58 MW potential, meaning these two combined could generate 10 per cent of the Bahamas' 584 MW capacity. Biomass was seen as having "low potential", standing at 1 MW.

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"Wind data is being measured on Grand Bahama Island in a joint project between Grand Bahama Power Company and shareholder Emera. The assessment project involves towers at seven sites across the island, at a cost of $ 263,600.

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