London-based firm to design new Barbados power plant
BARBADOS Light and Power Company has contracted a London-based consultancy firm to supervise the construction of a new 60 megawatt power station in Barbados, officials said Thursday.
Mott MacDonald – whose management, engineering and development consultants work in 100 countries – will also manage the international procurement process to select a construction firm, said lead project engineer Donal McRandal.
The US$100 million (euro83.6 million) plant will be built in the northcoast town of St Lucy. Construction will begin in late 2006. The plant should be operational by October 2008, said Andrew Gitters, managing director of the privately owned utility.
The plant will meet the increasing demand for electricity in the island nation of 270,000 people.
