A small hydroelectric power plant will be built at irrigation project Remigio Rojas, in the province of Chirriquí.
Construction is expected to start in 2010, over the river Chico. The plant would output between 7 and 10 MW in May and December, when the flow rate is bigger.
"This hydroelectric power plant will not compete for water with the irrigation system", explained Héctor Pérez, from the Ministry of Agricultural Development, in a Prensa.com article.