The Changuinola II project has been reopened and on April 25 proposals for its design, financing, construction and operation will be received.
On April 25, the Empresa de Generación Eléctrica (Egesa) will receive proposals from those interested in the design, financing, construction and operation of the hydroelectric station Chan II, which will produce 213.6 MW, fed from waters of the Changuinola River in the province of Bocas del Toro.
Enel Guatemala has been authorized to develop and operate for a period of 50 years, the 137 MW hydroelectric project La Cascata.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines has authorized Enel Guatemala to develop and operate for a period of 50 years, the hydroelectric project La Cascata in Huehuetenango. The project will generate 137 MW using the flow of the river Quisil.
Enel Green Power announced the start of construction of a new hydroelectric power plant between Alajuela and San José.
The new plant, called Chucas, would have an installed capacity of 50 MW and once operational it will generate about 219 million kWh/year, the equivalent annual consumption of over 81 thousand homes.
Enel Green Power, owned by Enel Group which focuses on renewable energy, hopes to complete the plant by mid-2013, increasing their installed capacity in Costa Rica to 105 MW.