Hydroelectricity in Region 7

PM Hinds leads continuing stakeholder consultations in villages

PRE-FEASIBILITY studies to determine the potential for hydropower production in the Middle and Upper Mazaruni in Region 7 (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) will begin next month and continue for one year.The surveys, to cost US$45M, will be undertaken by a Brazilian consortium at its own expense and, on the completion, would be followed by a feasibility study to last another year.
The two undertakings will determine the possibility of the development of one hydropower station with an installed capacity of 3,000 megawatts (mw) in the Upper Mazaruni and one more with installed capacity of 1,500 mw in the Middle Mazaruni, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds disclosed at a media briefing on Monday.
If feasible, both stations will sell electricity to Brazil.
Meanwhile, engineering designs for a Linden to Lethem road, costing US$10M, are also to be done.
Funding for the designing of the road has not yet been secured but is expected to come from Brazilian sources.
The projects fall under the aegis of the bilateral cooperation with Brazil on the development of infrastructure in Guyana.

I am concerned because there is no mention of the impact pf this project on the unique ecosystem of the region. I just did a Google search on the course of the river, and realized that it originates in a tepui and flows through remote grasslands and some of the densest tropical rain forests in the world. The dam is planned on the upper course of the river, in the tepui region. I expect more information on the ecological impact this project will have if executed.

I live in India, where dams have created havoc in diverse ecosystems ranging from tropical rain forests and grasslands, to snow-clad mountain slopes.

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I am concerned because there is no mention of the impact pf this project on the unique ecosystem of the region. I just did a Google search on the course of the river, and realized that it originates in a tepui and flows through remote grasslands and some of the densest tropical rain forests in the world. The dam is planned on the upper course of the river, in the tepui region. I expect more information on the ecological impact this project will have if executed.

I live in India, where dams have created havoc in diverse ecosystems ranging from tropical rain forests and grasslands, to snow-clad mountain slopes.
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but we have to get more power in guyana thats cheaper.