Grand Cayman Island

C.U.C. Power Station Extension

This 8.8 MW powerplant extension on Grand Cayman Island saw ADCO Power given responsibility for the engineering, procurement and construction work. This entire project required special attention, as the building originally housed a turtle cannery and was never intended to serve as a powerhouse!

Equipment from Edmonton and two 3616 gensets from the Caterpillar Large Engine Centre in Lafayette, Indiana were shipped by rail to Miami, and then by ship to Grand Cayman. Trucks and heavy equipment brought in from Miami were used to transport the engines from the dock to the site. The project was completed on time and on budget in January 1999.

Project: C.U.C. Power Station Extension
Location: Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Client: Caterpillar Power Systems Inc.
Owner: Carribean Utilities Co. Ltd.
Requirements: Plant Upgrade
Schedule: February 1998 - January 1999 Size: 8.8 MW

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Cayman Islands: 19º N 81º W

The Cayman Islands is a British Crown Colony located in the western Caribbean, 480 miles south of Miami, 150 miles south of Cuba and 180 miles northwest of Jamaica. The islands lie between 19° 15' and 19° 45' North and between 79° 44 ' and 81° 27' West and over 1000 miles west of the US Virgin Islands and the Leeward Island chain. The Cayman Islands consists of three Islands, the largest, and most developed is Grand Cayman, and the two Sister Islands of Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which lie approximately 89 miles east-northeast of Grand Cayman and are separated from each other by a channel about seven miles wide.

Population: 32,000

Capital City: Georgetown