Work has started on converting the BWSC power plant to use gas instead of heavy fuel oil, the prime minister said today.
Thanking minister Konrad Mizzi and the Enemalta management, Joseph Muscat said that half of the BWSC power station was stopped last week and the heavy fuel oil infrastructure started being dismantled to be replaced by gas-firing equipment.
He said the gas storage tanker would arrive in the coming months for use in the first phase of the project until, in a few years' time, it is replaced by a gas pipeline from Sicily.
This, he said, was the second phase of the energy masterplan following the reduction in electricity bills.
Speaking at a Labour Party activity in Zabbar, Dr Muscat started off by saying that he was very proud of Ira Losco's performance and the efforts made by the team with her at the Eurovision Song Contest. This, he said, was a national effort in which the country had made the best use of available talent, without looking at anyone's political background.
Unfortunately, he said, some had sunk to the depths of political criticism even here.
As for those criticizing the efforts for Malta to do well, Dr Muscat said he would plead 'guilty as...
