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BEC generator faults triggered outages
BEC generator faults triggered outages
Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) General Manager Kevin Basden said yesterday that power outages that occurred across New Providence over the last few days were the result of generator faults.
Basden explained that outages on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday were caused by “generators tripping offline” and were exacerbated by the fact that one of BEC’s largest generators had been...
Grand Bahama Power Company installs 54 rental generator units
By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
FREEPORT - Grand Bahama Power Company is improving its reliability and efficiency level here on Grand Bahama with the instalment of 54 rental generator units.
The units arrived on April 14 and were sourced from Aggreko, a global leader in generator rental. It represents an additional 35MW of supplemental generation at the po...
Generator fire halts bank operations
Generator fire halts bank operations
OPERATIONS at Bank of the Bahamas (above) on Tonique Williams Darling Highway came to a halt yesterday after a faulty generator (right) caught fire.
The fire broke out just before noon yesterday, but did not spread inside the bank. Supt Jeffrey Deleveaux, head of Fire Services , said investigators suspect the blaze was caused by an electrical shortage.
Man dies from generator fumes
Man dies from generator fumes
A man died, and a boy had to be hospitalized, after generator fumes engulfed a bedroom they slept in between Thursday night and Friday morning, police reported.
The incident happened at a house in Nassau Village.
Three BEC generators restored
Three BEC generators restored
Three of four large generators that were off-line over the weekend, prompting load shedding that cut power to thousands of homes across New Providence, have been repaired a week before originally anticipated.
According to a press release issued by the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) repairs to the fourth generator are underway.
Ministers tour Seventh-day Adventist hurricane shelter in Grand Bahama
Minister of Social Services, Information and Broadcasting, the Hon. Myles LaRoda and Minister for Grand Bahama, the Hon. Ginger Moxey were given a tour of the Evangeline Jervis Community Service Distribution Center in Grand Bahama on Thursday, April 4, 2024 by executives of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Crime 'down by 49 per cent since September' in Grand Bahama
SENIOR Assistant Commissioner of Police Emrick Seymour revealed that there has been a 49 per cent decrease in crime on Grand Bahama since the end of September.
Crackdown on illegal shanty electric supply
Crackdown on illegal shanty electric supply
THE government is going after generator owners who illegally provide electricity to residents in shanty town communities for a charge, according to Works Minister Clay Sweeting.
WSC rebuilds Abaco network infrastructure with resiliency and redundancy, creating most advanced system in the Family Islands
The Water and Sewerage Corporation continues to rehabilitate, rebuild and/or upgrade the corporation’s network infrastructure on the island of Abaco, with resiliency and redundancy in the face of any potential future natural disaster at the core of its efforts.
Abaco Hurricane Shelter ‘progressing’ despite inherited delays
The new, State-of-the-Art Hurricane Shelter and Community Centre currently under construction in Central Pines, Abaco, is scheduled to be fully completed by November 2024, despite some inherited delays.