A substation with a transformation capacity of 69 Kv to 13.8 Kv and 69 Kv power lines is planned to be built in Nueva Santa Rosa, Guatemala.
Transportista Eléctrica Centroamericana, S.A. presented to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources the Environmental Impact Study (EIA) to develop the project called, "New Santa Rosa Substation of 14 MVA of Transformation Capacity from 69 Kv to 13.8 Kv and its 69 Kv power lines."
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.
After a $7.4 million investment, Transportista Eléctrica Centroamericana launched the power transmission work that will link the substations of Iztapa and Taxisco.
The completed work that will connect the substations in the departments of Escuintla and Santa Rosa, was awarded in January 2015 and consists of 16 kilometers. These works are part of lot D of the National Transmission Expansion Plan (Petnac).
Electrical works, telecommunications infrastructure and a supermarket of the brand Pricesmart are some of the projects for which environmental impact studies were submitted in July 2017.
Data from the interactive information system "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData.
Electrical works and apartment buildings are some of the projects for which environmental impact studies were presented in Guatemala in April 2016.
The report"Construction Projects in Guatemala - April 2016",prepared by the Business Intelligence unit at CentralAmericaData.com, provides an up to date list of major construction projects for which environmental impact assessment (EIA) studies were presented in April to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala.
Trelec, a company that specializes in the electric power transmission, will invest in the country’s second power grid expansion project.
The project comprises the construction of three ring networks in the central region of Guatemala and is scheduled to begin in 2013. 760,000 people will benefit.
“The first ring will reinforce the capital’s network and cost $10 million; the second, in the south (Escuintla) will cost $13.5 million; the final ring in the center-west region (Antigua, Amatitlán and Villa Nueva) will cost $10.5 million,” reports Elperiodico.com.gt.