Further Delays for Energy Investments at La Unión

The construction of two power plants at the Port of La Unión, El Salvador, has been delayed again.

Monday, January 18, 2010

One of the plants would use coal and the other natural gas. Investment in both would sum $1.5 billion.

"These projects would add 775 MW to the country's energy production (525 MW by the gas plant and the rest by the coal one)", reported Elsalvador.com.

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The construction of a coal-based power generation plant, which was scheduled to open early this year, could be delayed further.

The plant is located on land near La Unión Port and runs the risk of not even being built, depending on the outcome of the tender.

Daniel Choto wrote in an article in Elsalvador.com: "It all depends on the outcome of an international tender that energy distributors have published in order to purchase 320 Mega Watts of power in the form of long-term contracts, said the chairperson of AES Group. It all depends, he said, on the outcome of the tender. If the group’s company that would be bidding wins, construction would have to begin immediately, once the pending municipal permits are obtained, he said."

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