Renewable energy
in Central America
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Executive Hydroelectric Commission of the Lempa River (CEL) is inviting bids for the supply and installation of wind measurement stations.
The tender is for supply and installation of wind measurement stations, technical assistance, data analysis and delivery of spare parts.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Sugar millers in Nicaragua have asked for tax benefits in a law future reform of law on their activities generating clean electricity.
Representatives of the Nicaraguan sugar mills and San Antonio and Monterrosa proposed to members of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of Parliament to include tax benefits for mills that produce energy that is used by the national electricity system.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Guatemala needs to invest $400 million a year in new generating plants in order to add 1,685 megawatts to the electricity supply in 2026.
Of these 1,685 MW, 1,110 would be provided by hydropower, 300 from geothermal plants, and 275 with the use of coal, said Carlos Colom, president of the National Energy Commission (CNEE).
Friday, May 18, 2012
The financial potential of cooperatives in Guatemala will revolve around the development of renewable energy projects.
The groups belonging to the Guatemalan Confederation of Cooperative Associations, RL (Confecoop), have projects, funding and implementation programs for the construction of small hydroelectric plants, whose owners are cooperatives.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The new mayor will maintain the ban on power plants using coal or bunker fuel, but accepted those running on clean energy.
The new mayor of the municipality of La Union, Ezequiel Milla, has amended a decree prohibiting the installation of power plants that used coal, liquefied natural gas or any derivation of hydrocarbons as fuel, which was not conducive to investment in the city.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Electricity generation by small plants that use renewable resources will not encourage a decline in consumer rates.
This was admitted by the director of development of renewable energy at the National Energy Council (CNE), Mario Rodriguez, who presented to representatives of the electricity sector the content of a Master Plan for Development of Renewable Energy.
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.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Five private projects have been licensed for the development of wind energy projects, with investments totaling about $1 billion.
The five projects approved by the National Authority of Public Services (ASEP) are in the province of Cocle.
The most advanced is "Toabré", belonging to the company FERSA Panama SA, and which is already under construction between the communities of Penonomé Toabré and Tolu.
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.
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 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.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The group, Corporación Castillo Hermanos, owners of Cervecería Centroamericana, plan to invest $250 million in a second hydroelectric plant generating 100 MW later this year.
Juan Monge, Vice President of the Administrative Council of the Corporación Castillo Hermanos, said the consortium is diversifying its investments to include electricity generation.
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
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.
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