Between January and August 2018 and the same period in 2019, electricity generation from hydraulic sources in Panama decreased by 40%.
According to the latest report of the General Comptroller's Office of Panama, in the first eight months of 2019 7,436 million kWh were generated, which is equivalent to a 3.3% increase over the 7,200 million offered in the same period of 2018.
In Guatemala, the Central American Electric Carrier announced that the works it carries out in sections of the electrical network in Escuintla, Jutiapa, Chiquimula and Santa Rosa, whose global investment reaches $40 million, are about to operate.
Representatives of the company Transportista Eléctrica Centroamericana, S.A. (Trelec), affiliated to Empresa Eléctrica de Guatemala, S.A.
Between October this year and January 2019, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad expects to reduce tariffs by more than 10% in regions such as Limón, Zona Sur, Pacífico Central, sectors of Guanacaste and the Greater Metropolitan Area.
The first reduction, of 2.8%, has been in force since October 1 and is explained by the fall in thermal backup consumption.
In Guatemala, the Municipality of Quetzaltenango tenders the supply of power and electric energy to cover the demand of the final distribution service of the social tariff and non-social tariff.
Guatemala Government Purchase 11074337:
"Energy price: to be placed in the substations available in the municipalities. of: Quetzaltenango, La Esperanza and other points in the municipality; expressed in USD$/kWh and equivalent in Q/kWh at the exchange rate of the Banco de Guatemala (BANGUAT) on the day of the meeting of the presentation of the Offer in the Guatecompras portal.
The Electric Transmission Company tenders the replacement of a conventional guard cable 7 No.9 alumoweld by OPGW 24 and 48 fibers, in its third stage.
Dominican Republic Government Purchase ETED-CCC-LPN-2019-0039:
"The works will be executed within the sequential and final terms established in the Specifications and Work Plans approved by the Contracting Entity. 10 months maximum.
From January to June 2019, 52 environmental impact studies were presented to carry out works on electricity networks and build power generation plants in different areas of Central American countries.
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.
About $200 million is estimated to be invested in improvements to the Central American network, both nationally and regionally, to avoid the recurrence of service interruptions that occurred days ago.
On September 16, a power failure in Honduras caused the interruption of the service of approximately 40% of the area that make up the Central American countries that are interconnected.
In the province of Peravia, in the Dominican Republic, the Matafongo wind farm, which has 17 wind turbines with two MW of unitary power, began operations.
Matafongo Wind Farm has 17 wind turbines with two megawatts of nominal unitary power, each of them has installed a transformer that raises the generation voltage (690 V) to the internal transport of the farm (34.5 kV), informed the presidency of the country.
In the Dominican Republic, the design and construction of a photovoltaic solar park with an installed capacity of 3 MW, to be located in the community of Barrero, is being tendered.
Dominican Republic Government Purchase EGEHID-CCC-LPI-2019-0002:
"The Project consists of the design and construction of a photovoltaic field of 2.9Mw to be injected into the National Interconnected Electric System SENI.
In the country, the business sector expects an increase in operating costs in the coming months, as a result of the expected increase in the price of electricity in the short term.
Tender for the preventive and corrective maintenance service for three unitary electrical substations and the medium-voltage electrical system, located in the Central Bank of Honduras building, for the period from April 12, 2020 to January 26, 2022.
Honduras Government Purchase LPública No.33-2019:
"The bidder must be an authorized representative to provide technical support to the Schneider Electric brand equipment.
In Guatemala, the General Comptroller's Office recommended definitively suspending the tender to supply photovoltaic solar energy, because the audit detected weaknesses in the contracting process.
Partly determined by the behavior of the energy supply from thermal sources, between January and July 2018 and the same period in 2019 the electricity generation in Panama grew 4%.
According to the latest report of the General Comptroller of Panama, in the first seven months of 2019 were generated 6,503 million kwh, which is equivalent to a 3.6% increase over the 6,503 million offered in the same period of 2018.
Electricity generators claim that the Regional Operator Entity arbitrarily disconnects Guatemala from the rest of the countries in the region, and that since 2016 up to date the disconnections already add up to 600 hours.
The National Association of Generators of Guatemala (ANG) claims that the Regional Electricity Interconnection Commission (CRIE) does not comply with the resolutions of the Central American Court of Justice (CCJ), which ordered Guatemala to stop disconnections from the regional electricity system.
Banco Cuscatlán approved a $10 million loan for the construction of part of the Ventus wind farm, which will have a capacity of 54 MW and will be in the municipality of Metapán.