May 08 - Power Station Tenders Invited by the Government
The Government has today invited tenders for a new proposed 80MegaWatt gas fired power station, set to be located in a reclaimed area off the North Mole. The project has come about as the result of an inter-ministerial committee on power generation. The Government claims that the power station with guarantee Gibraltar’s power and energy needs for decades to come. A number of the engines will be duel fired so diesel may be burned, should gas supplies ever not be available.
The tender covers the design, manufacture and construction of the project, which should be able to deliver a net guaranteed heat rate of 42MW, with an output range of 7 to 15MW each.
His Worship the Mayor, Anthony Lima will be travelling to Madeira today, where he will be undertaking a number of Official engagements.
With regards to the Sunborn Flotel Project, the GSD has taken note of the Government’s reply. They insist that the Government’s recent statement is ‘yet another stark illustration of the extent to which the GSLP's "a New Dawn" election mantra in 2011 is proving to be a “False Dawn”. This Government’s defence to practically every criticism is, generally, ‘we’re only doing what the previous administration did before us,’ i.e., ‘everything that we so vocally criticised before we edged into office in December 2011 is now fair game...’
In an effort to clamp down on tobacco related activity in a number of housing Estates, the RGP has been carrying out ‘Operation Kalia’, an intelligence led operation, which targets specific areas based on informed assessments.
