The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects for which environmental impact studies (EIA) were submitted to the respective institutions of each country.

Panama is the country that until June concentrated the largest investment, with approximately $933 million in energy projects, corresponding to 11 environmental impact studies submitted to the Ministry of Environment in the first half of 2019.

The platform reports that seven EIAs were presented in El Salvador, which together add up to an investment of approximately $259 million. The most important project according to the amount invested is the one that corresponds to the development of a generation park with a capacity of 110 MW.

For the semester in question in Costa Rica 30 studies were presented to carry out work on electricity networks and for the construction of generating parks, which together project a $19 million investment. In the case of Guatemala, four studies were presented, with a global investment of approximately $11 million.

CentralAmericaData has information on the construction projects to be developed in Central America, with details such as estimated investment, times and phases of the project, supplies and equipment that will be required during and after construction, water treatment, and parking structure, among other things.

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