The 'Cuatro Chorros' ("four streams") project is to be carried out by Generación Limpia, part of the Spanish group, Unión Fenosa, and is located in Chicamán, Quiché, western Guatemala.

Lorena Álvarez, writing for Elperiodico.com.gt, comments that, "the hydroelectric scheme will generate 36 megawatts (MW). The company has also obtained technical approval for three further projects: a El Volcán's 26 MW plant at Senahú, El Puente's 27 MW in Jocotán and El Naranjo's 30 MW in San Marcos".

Source: elperiodico.com.gt

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