Caribbean Utility Company’s (CUC) two newest 18.5 megawatt (MW) V48/60 medium-speed diesel generating units were offloaded at the George Town Dock on Saturday, November 7th.

Beginning at approximately 10:00 p.m. on Monday, November 9th, one of the 350 ton diesel generating units was transported via a special heavy-lift trailer from the George Town Dock to CUC’s North Sound Road Power Plant. The journey took approximately four-and-a-half hours.

On Wednesday, November 11th, the second generating unit was transported along a similar route
to CUC’s Power Plant.

The units travelled from the Dock, up Fort Street to the George Town Town Hall, turned right on Edward Street past the George Town Post Office onto Elgin Avenue to the Cayman National roundabout, up Thomas Russell Avenue to North Sound Road, around the Butterfield Bank roundabout and on to the Power Plant.

The new engines are part of the Generation Expansion Project at the Company’s Power Plant, which is progressing according to plan. The new engine room will house a 39.7 MW diesel power plant including a 2.7 MW waste heat recovery steam turbine. The project cost is estimated at US$85 million. It is expected that the generating units will be commissioned in June 2016.

A number of CUC vehicles and personnel were on hand to assist the convoys as they traversed the roads, specifically in areas where service wires and traffic lights needed to be raised or temporarily disconnected to allow access for the 26-foot high generating units and trailers to pass under.

Both generating units safely arrived at CUC’s Power Plant with minimal inconvenience to
motorists and customers.

CUC thanks to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service for their assistance with the flow of traffic.