Cracks in the Francisco Morazán hydroelectric station are causing state losses of over $2 million a year because of the water that is lost instead of going to the engine room.

Latribuna.hn reports that "the reservoir is at capacity with four turbines working, however the repair must be done this year because it is not possible to waste any more time on paperwork, documentation, and procurement protocol".

The first tender to repair leaks in the power plant "El Cajon", favoring Rodio Swissboring Centroamérica with an offer of $39.5 million, was declared void in August 2012, because the repair costs to the dam doubled from 20 to 40 million dollars, which the state National Electricity Company (ENEE by its initials in Spanish ) was not able to pay.

Source: latribuna.hn

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