Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) today confirmed a widespread power outage in Abaco as it grapples with engine challenges at the Wilson City Power Station.
According to a statement from BPL, the outage began early this morning when one of the plant’s units tripped offline around 5:16am. Service was briefly restored just before 7am, but the remaining operational unit also developed problems shortly after.
BPL’s energy supply team is currently onsite working to start up a third available unit at the power station.
A spokesperson for BPL said they do not yet have an estimated restoration time but assured residents that updates will be provided.
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DWW says...
so the story is that the cooling water system is poorly designed or prone to failure due to the high calcium and salt content of the water being pulled out of the ground and circulated. This has lead to multiple failures over the years and the problem has never been addressed. Many millions of dollars and no one thought to mention that the ground water in the Bahamas is hard and will corrode your faucets and seals? out of warrantee and I guess it's time to upgrade or replace due to poor maintenance? I think they were installed around 2012 so 13 years of service aint bad I guess operating on 1 of the 4 at a time? 28,000 hours is probably about the intended lifespan maybe?
Posted 14 January 2025, 7:42 a.m. Suggest removal
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