Baha Mar power need to rise 330

Wed, Apr 13th 2011, 11:00 PM

By ALISON LOWE
Business Reporter

alowe@tribunemedia.net

Power demand at a fully operational Baha Mar will increase from present levels by just under 330 per cent to a potential 30 Megawatts (MW) per day - 5 MW higher than the total daily power demand of Abaco during the peak summer months.

Baha Mar's senior vice-president of external and governmental affairs, Robert Sands, said yesterday that discussions with the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) have led to the resort developer being advised that BEC can meet this eventual demand using its present generation facilities.

"Discussions are very advanced, and even if we had to go to the maximum (30 MW of power), BEC is in a posit ...

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