Panama: Etesa Launches Wind Energy Tender

Under the terms of the tender, bidders must submit proposals based on an equivalent energy power, according to the following table (the same for each year):

January - 61.63 GWh - 119MW
February - 56.11 GWh - 121MW
March - 59.46 GWh - 114MW
April - 39.16 GWh - 80MW
May - 27.9 GWh - 54MW
June - 1147 GWh - 24MW
July - 17.10 GWh - 34MW
August - 15.70 GWh - 33MW
September - 1750 GWh - 36MW
October - 1614 GWh - 32MW
November - 24.88 GWh - 53MW
December - 47.75 GWh - 96MW

Energy will be distributed by EDEMET, EDECHI and ENSA, while the manager of the tender will ETESA.

Bids must be submitted by 8 November.

Source: Electricity Transmission Company

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