Expansion Dokweg officially started
WILLEMSTAD - Aqualectra gave the official go-ahead this week for the expansion of the power plant located at the Dokweg. 39 megawatts of additional generators will be installed there. With the expansion, 71 million More...
Tariff adjustment water and electricity as of April 1, 2018
WILLEMSTAD - Through this publication, the Government of Curaçao announces that the rates for electricity and water shall be adjusted as per 1 April 2018. The current and new rates are listed in the table below. Explanation More...
Government announces new tariffs for electricity and water
WILLEMSTAD - Through this publication, the Government of Curaçao announces that the rates for electricity and water shall be adjusted as per 1 February 2018. The current and new rates are listed in the table below. Explanation More...
New tariffs: gasoline cheaper, cooking gas more expensive
WILLEMSTAD - Bureau Telecommunicatie en Post has published the new rates for fuel, water and electricity on their website. Gasoline will be 7 cents cheaper as of November 28. Gasoline goes from 1.81 to 1.74 guilders More...
Bad weather causes power interruptions
WILLEMSTAD - The current weather with rain, thunder and lightning causes power outages in Banda'bou (western side of the island). Also, fixed phones lines and cable provider TDS suffered from the weather. A large More...
New power plant from Wärtsilä will allow Curaçao to add more wind energy
WILLEMSTAD - The technology group Wärtsilä was awarded the contract to supply a 39 MW power plant to Aqualectra, the utility company of Curaçao. The turnkey project will provide much needed additional generating More...
Utility company Aqualectra taken to court
WILLEMSTAD - Dynaf Caribbean, together with Bredenoord from the Netherlands, which supplies emergency power generators, are taking the local utility company Aqualectra to court. They are filing a lawsuit against More...
Aqualectra to acquire Aggreko’s generators
WILLEMSTAD - Not local businesses, but British Aggreko will supply generators to the utility company Aqualectra. That was the result of a recent public tender procedure held by Aqualectra to construct a new diesel More...
Aqualectra to generate power again with generators
WILLEMSTAD - The utility company Aqualectra is going to open a generator park in the area of Mundu Nobo. Due to the extreme heat on the island, the demand for electricity is high. Aqualectra has trouble meeting More...
Several neighborhoods without power due to broken cables
WILLEMSTAD - Several neighborhoods on the island were without power this morning. Due to heavy winds caused by what remained of the tropical storm Bret, several cables were damaged. Neighborhoods in the eastern More...
