Public-private Partnerships for Energy in Honduras

The state lacks the funds needed to keep power plants operating.

Monday, February 17, 2014

The way some of the country's hydroelectric plants have been handled has led to an increase in rumors about a possible "informal" privatization of Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (ENEE).

"The case is illustrated by an agreement that the former manager of Enee Roberto Martinez signed with the company PHP, which allowed PHP to generate four to six megawatts in parallel with the state run power station El Níspero, which has a plant that generates 22.5 megawatts."

" ... Due to the volume of the reservoir it will be impossible Níspero for both plants to operate simultaneously. PHP intends to stick to the pressure pipe, it will take the water for generation and end up paralyzing the El Níspero station, which provides energy during peak hours of the day," said Siegfried Sandoval, from the College of Electrical, Mechanical and Chemical Engineers of Honduras.

Sandoval said unofficially that a private firm will install a fifth turbine at the El Cajon hydroelectric plant.

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