Power generation
in Central America
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Public Services Regulatory Authority of Costa Rica has established the fees to be paid by the state distributor, ICE, to private generation companies.
As established by the Aresep, the lowest rate that the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) will pay will be $0.0798 (¢ 40.6) per kilowatt hour (kWh) and the ceiling will be $0.1363 (¢69. 5) per kWh, reported Nacion.com.
Monday, May 14, 2012
The private generation project requires a $115 million investment, and is expected to start construction in 2013 in San Antonio El Sitio.
Construction of the wind farm will start in January 2013 and is expect to conclude in December, said Jorge Sinibaldi, project manager.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The concept is part of the "Master Plan for the development of renewable energies" which sets out a strategy in power generation for the next 15years.
A study by the National Energy Council (CNE) in conjunction with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) outlines a strategy for the next 15 years in the development of technologies using renewable resources.
Monday, May 7, 2012
The National Energy Board of El Salvador has approved a Regulatory Framework for the Promotion of Renewable Energies.
From a press release from the Salvadoran Association of Industrialists (ASI):
In order to continue promoting power generation using renewable energy sources, the National Energy Council (CNE in Spanish) has revealed the adoption of a Regulatory Framework for the Promotion of Renewable Energy which will generate the policies and regulatory and financial measures needed to attract investment in these technologies.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Growing by 10% a year as Panama is currently doing is energy intensive, meaning that the demand for rental generators is constantly growing.
Project developers, subcontractors and promoters of artistic events require power permanently and this is where companies that rent electricity generators come in, providing a compliment to the traditional distribution system.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Globeleq Generation Limited (Globeleq), an energy company, announced the acquisition of a 100% stake in the project Eolo de Nicaragua S.A. which aims to generate 44 MW.
Eolo is in the province of Rivas on the shore of Lake Nicaragua, about 125 kilometers south of the capital, Managua. The electricity will be produced using 22 wind turbines of 2.0MW each, and will be sold through two trade agreements for the purchase of energy within 20 years to the private companies Distribuidora Eléctricidad de Sur S.A. (DISSUR) y Distribuidora Eléctricidad de Norte S.A. (DISNORTE), both subsidiaries of Gas Natural from Spain.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The Guatemalan judiciary has granted temporary protection to Ingenio Magdalena, who appealed against the rejection of its 110 MW bid.
The Tender Board had awarded 210 MW to 16 hydroelectric plants, disregarding the supply of 110 MW by Ingenio Magdalena, even though it was below the reference price, and postponing the award of 590 MW for a new bidding process.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The Nicaraguan regulator has given the Compañía Azucarera del Sur (Casur) a license to generate electricity from biomass.
The plant which will generate 35 MW will be built at the industrial sugarcane complex, Benjamin Zeledon, in the town of Potosi, department of Rivas.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Panama is a primary destination in the investment plans involving Latin America energy projects for the company Celsia, formerly known as Colinversiones.
Celsia has 800,000 million pesos ($ 450.57 million) available for new investments and about $200 million in assets that could be sold if necessary, said company president, Juan Guillermo Londoño.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The Utility of Guatemala Electricity Company (Eegsa in Spanish) has launched a tender for 220 megawatts to cover the Social Tariff for the period June 2012 to April 2015.
The tender condition documents are available until 16th May and the date of receipt of bids is on 22nd May, with new contracts being signed before the end of that month.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Work has begun on a new park in the Isthmus of Rivas, a $160 million project which will generate 44 MW.
The project belongs to the company Eolo of Nicaragua, who have invested $160,536,670 according to records at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA).
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Businessmen have made presentations to the Members of the Committee on Economy and Agriculture of the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly, about the need for security and stability for their investments.
Before the commission members, representatives of the generators that operate in El Salvador emphasized security and stability as being crucial in order to continue investing in the country.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
The tender for the purchase of 350MW for 15 years has to be repeated after having been declared void on the first occasion, and for the fourth time there will be a competition for the provision of 70MW for 5 years.
The Superintendency of Electricity and Telecommunications (SIGET) must provide new tender condition documents, dealing with the main obstacle in previous contests, limiting bids to suppliers of electricity generated by renewable resources, exclusively gas or coal.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
With an investment of $12 million financed by Japan, a plant is being built in LaTrinidad, Diriamba, which will have 534 solar panels that produce 900 Kw.
"A part of the energy will go to the community of La Trinidad, which does not have this service, and another part will be sold. The project is being coordinated by a delegation from Japan, the Ministry of Energy and Mines and the city of Diriamba," reported Laprensa.com.ni.
Monday, April 9, 2012
The two energy-related state enterprises are looking at replacing bunker fuel and diesel power generation plants and power used in public transport and freight, with natural gas.
The state run Costa Rican Oil Refinery (Recope) and the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), are awaiting the results of a study contracted with a Canadian company that will define the economic and technical feasibility of using natural gas as a substitute for diesel or bunker fuel.
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