Panama: Two Proposals for Third Transmission Line

The Consortium Interconexión Panamá and the construction firm Norberto Odebrecht have submitted bids to design and build the third power transmission line.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

"After receiving two proposals, we now proceed to the stage of technical assessment, and later we would analyze the price of each proposal. If all goes well, then we would award and build the project" said Fernando Marciscano, manager of the Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica (Etesa).

"This line will help to transport the energy that is being produced in the area of Chiriqui, in addition to stabilizing the system with more carrying capacity," he added.

Panamaamerica.com.pa reports: "The project consists of a double circuit line with capacity of 400 MVA per circuit, which aims to increase the power transmission capacity (total increase of 800 MVA)". The project is expected to become operational in late 2016.

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