During 2020, imports of electrical wires and cables in Nicaragua and Guatemala increased in year-on-year terms, and in the cases of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama they decreased considerably.
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Empresa Nacional de Energía Electrica de Honduras is bidding for the supply, installation and commissioning of meters to be used in the Metering System of the National Transmission Network.
Honduras Government Purchase AIHMER-13-LPI-B:
"The contract price will include all materials and labor required for the complete execution of the works and the correct and complete execution of the works, as well as equipment, auxiliary and protection elements, tools, auxiliary labor, and generally everything related to a complete and perfect finish of each of the energy meters to be installed in the National Transmission Grid indicated in these bidding documents, as well as any indirect costs of the works, general expenses, wages, salaries, fees, hauling of materials and any other payment required in the work.
The Empresa Nacional de Energia Electrica de Honduras (Honduran National Electric Power Company) is putting out to tender at the international level a high-level individual consultancy service for the preparation of specialized terms of reference and budgets to strengthen the country's electricity transmission capacity.
Empresa Nacional de Energia Electrica de Honduras tenders for the expansion of the San Buenaventura substation.
Honduras Government Purchase ENEE-2-LPI-O:
"The scope for the expansion of the substation consists of the supply, design engineering, installation, transfers, spare parts, factory and on-site testing, and commercial operation.
The contractor will have to build a bay with two power switches that will connect to a feeder to receive the new transmission line coming from San Pedro Sula South Substation, which consists of the supply and installation of electromechanical equipment in the substation yard such as 230kV power switches, 230kV potential transformers, 230kV lightning arresters, 230kV three-pole disconnectors, metallic support structures for major and minor equipment, 230kV inductive potential transformers for the substation's own service.
In the first three months of 2019, 14 environmental impact studies were presented in the countries of the region to perform work on electricity grids and develop power generation plants.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Trade 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.
In Nicaragua, the supply of goods and related services of the Villa Nueva substation and civil works in the 138 Kv El Sauce - Villa Nueva Transmission Line are tendered.
Nicaragua Government Purchase 11/2019:
"Some descriptions of the supplies and works to be carried out:
Lot I: Villa Nueva Substation and Expansion of El Sauce Substation
In 2018, Central American countries allocated $310 million to the purchase of electrical transformers, and 45% was imported by companies in Panama and Costa Rica.
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Nicaragua's Empresa Nacional de Transmisión Eléctrica tenders the supply of related goods and services to increase transformation capacity at the Ticuantepe II substation.
Nicaragua Government Purchase 12019/2019:
"Some of the equipment required:
-Auto Power Transformer 45/60/ 75 MVA 230 / 138 ± 8x1.5% /13.8 KV, 60 Hz, Yna0d11 with tap changer under load.
In the first half of the year, Central American countries invested $164 million in purchasing electric transformers for $164 million, equivalent to a 6% increase over the same period in 2017.
Figures from the information system on the Transformers and Electrical Converters and Reactance Coils Market in Central America complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
In Costa Rica, the works of the restoration project of the electrical distribution network of the Guadalupe-Moravia sector are tendered.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2018PP-002091-ACL:
The entity calling for the public procurement process is the Compañía Nacional de Fuera y Luz, and according to the tender specifications the deadline for receiving proposals is January 16th, 2019.
During the first half of the year, countries in the region imported $197 million in electrical cables and wires, and 63% were bought by companies in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Guatemala.
Figures from the information system of the Market of Wires, Cables and Other Electrical Conductors in Central America, from the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
The Costa Rican Institute of Electricity tenders the supply of power cables, boards, network materials and electrical, under the mode of delivery on demand.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2018LA-000027-0000400001:
"Detail of some of the equipment and materials required:
-Metallic floor cabinet, type 44 RMU, static load of 650 to 700 kg, from 2100 mm to 2200 structured cabling.
In the first quarter of the year, countries in the region imported $81 million worth of electrical transformers, registering an increase of 9% compared to the amount reported in the same period in 2017.
Figures from the information system on the Market for Transformers and Electric Converters and Reactor Coils in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
The Costa Rican Electricity Institute is putting out to tender different types of radio frequency remote communication meters.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2018LI-000007-PROV:
"Some details of the requested equipment:
The electronic energy meter and electrical demand must be solid state, where all of the internal components: transformers, current coils, current bars, terminals or connectors, metrology cards, registration card, liquid crystal display, integrated circuits, electronic components, etc., must be properly constructed and protected to ensure the operation of the meter outdoors, in tropical rainy weather and coastal areas, in environments where there is gas and smoke pollution.