In Honduras, the construction of a dam in the Rio del Hombre watershed, including a pipeline and drinking water treatment plant, is being tendered.
Government of Honduras procurement LPuNO-13-AMDC-77-2021:
"In the Municipal Mayor's Office of the Central District of Honduras, the construction of a dam is planned to form a reservoir of 33 million cubic meters in the basin of the Rio del Hombre River, in order to improve the water supply for the Central Distro, which includes the design and construction of the following:
Panama is planning the construction of a 670 MW combined cycle thermal power plant using natural gas as the main fuel and diesel as a backup fuel for contingencies.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", from CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence Unit, provides an updated list of public and private construction projects that have submitted environmental impact studies (EIA) to the respective institutions in each country.
The construction of two hydroelectric plants, Las Rocas 1 and 2, will generate energy of 5 MW each, in the Polochic river basin.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", from CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence Unit, includes an updated list of public and private construction projects that have submitted environmental impact studies (EIA) to the respective institutions in each country.
During 2020, 17 environmental impact studies were presented to carry out works in electrical networks and build power plants in different areas of Central American countries.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", from CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence Unit, provides an updated list of public and private construction projects that have submitted environmental impact studies (EIA) to the respective institutions in each country.
Guatemala's National Electrification Institute tenders cleaning services for Los Esclavos hydroelectric plant reservoir.
Guatemala Government Purchase 14358980:
"The cleaning service of the Los Esclavos Hydroelectric Plant reservoir, consists of dislodging approximately 250,000 cubic meters of accumulated sediment.
The Contractor shall have six crawler excavators, which shall work a total of 750 hours between them, whose minimum characteristics shall be as follows: Engine rating 103 kW (138 HP), with bucket volume of one cubic meter.
The National Institute of Electrification of Guatemala tenders the predictive maintenance for the generators and auxiliary production equipment of the Chixoy hydroelectric plant.
Purchase by the Government of Guatemala 13458493:
"Details of the lines to be contracted:
-Line 1: Testing of 5 electrical generators
-Line 2: Testing of 6 power transformers including Bushings
During the first month of the year, electricity generation in Panama amounted to 975 million kWh, 7.5% more than in the same period of 2019.
According to the most recent data from the General Comptroller of Panama, in the first month of the year 390 million kwh were generated from hydraulic sources, which is equivalent to a 3% increase over the 379 million offered in the same period in 2019.
The Guatemalan Ministry of Energy and Mines decided to revoke the license it had granted in early 2020 to the Rocja Pontilá hydroelectric project, in Coban, Alta Verapaz.
In El Salvador, the competition rules are being prepared to design and build a plant that will generate energy from solid waste and wastewater, which will be located on the Acelhuate River.
The project of the new plant, which will have an installed capacity of 5.2 MW and whose investment will amount to $32 million, was announced by the presidency of the Executive Hydroelectric Commission of the Lempa River (CEL).
The Central District Mayor's Office tenders the design and construction of dams in the Guacerique River basin.
Honduras Government Purchase CPuNO-07-AMDC-13-2020:
"The project consists of the design and construction of several dams in the Guacerique River Basin with a storage capacity of at least 4 million cubic meters each, for a total of approximately twelve (12) million cubic meters, in order to improve the capacity of the current reservoir of Los Laureles Dam and also to control the sedimentation of the current dam.
Arguing that the requirements established by law to issue a license were not met, the authorities in Guatemala decided to suspend the environmental permit for the Rocja Pontila Central hydroelectric project.
The Rio Lempa Hydroelectric Executive Commission is tendering the supply of goods and services for preventive maintenance every 10 years for unit 2 of the 15 de Septiembre hydroelectric plant.
El Salvador Government Purchase CEL-LP 06/20:
"It will be considered that for the supply of goods and contracting of the requested services, they are integral; that is to say, after the provision of the requested supervision services, the systems of turbine speed regulator, thrust bearing lifting, upper, intermediate and lower bushings of distributor blades, distribution valves for impeller blades and distributor blades and carbon seal, will be fully functional and will operate in a satisfactory manner for CEL.
In Guatemala, a group of deputies filed an unconstitutionality action against the ministerial agreement approving the Rocja Pontila hydroelectric project.
The authorization for the hydroelectric plant, owned by the Pontila Integrated Development Project and planned to be built on the Icbolay River in Alta Verapaz, was issued on January 13, 2020.
The legal appeal that the congressmen who make up the National Unity of Hope (Une) party presented to the Constitutional Court (CC), argues that Ministerial Agreement 019-2020 of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) violates seven articles of the Constitution, including 1, 3, 12, 44, 66, 97 and 154.
Grupo Carso announced the acquisition of the total shares of Ideal Panama, a company operating two hydroelectric plants with a combined capacity of 145 MW.
The amount of the transaction was $152.6 million, according to a relevant announcement published by the Mexican Stock Exchange.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines approved the Rocja Pontila Central hydroelectric project, which will be built on the Icbolay River in Alta Verapaz and will have an installed capacity of 40 megawatts.
The authorization for the hydroelectric plant owned by Proyecto de Desarrollo Integral Pontila, S.A., was issued in Agreement 019-2020 of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) dated January 13, 2020.