Malé power cuts to continue till May 8: “Just no other option”, says STELCO
23 Apr 2012, 10:19 AM
Zaheena Rasheed
Scheduled power cuts in Malé are likely to continue till May 8 as the State Electric Company Ltd (STELCO) struggles to meet increased demand for electricity during the hottest month of the year.
Speaking to Minivan News, STELCO spokesperson Ibrahim Rauf said the company is only able to generate 35 megawatts of electricity per day at present, and faces a shortage of 2.5 megawatts.
The shortage is due to a delay in completing the fourth power project which will add two generators, each capable of producing eight megawatts of electricity, to the company’s functioning 17 generators.
The fourth power project was scheduled to be completed by December 2011, but will now be completed in May and generators will be running by May 8, Rauf said.
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