According to the interactive platform "Construction in Central America" of CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence area, the National Electrification Institute submitted to the Ministry of Environment the Environmental Impact Study (EIA) to develop the project called "Arizona Plant Capacity Expansion."
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.
Because both participating companies did not comply with the specifications, in Guatemala the bidders were disqualified in the photovoltaic solar energy tender.
Total Eren Guatemala, S.A. and Corporación Klondike, S.A. presented their bids in the tender for the supply of electricity generated by photovoltaic solar systems, up to a maximum of 110 MW under the BOT modality.
Arguing that there is a simulation in the contract to supply photovoltaic solar energy, in Guatemala a group of deputies criminally denounced the officials who approved the bases.
The complaint against officials of the National Institute of Electrification (Inde) that approved the bases for the tender and other processes of the tender for the purchase of solar energy for 110 MW, was filed by the bench of deputies of Encuentro por Guatemala (EG).
Total Eren Guatemala, S.A. and Corporación Klondike, S.A., presented their bids in Guatemala for the supply of electricity generated by photovoltaic solar systems, up to a maximum of 110 MW under the BOT modality.
On July 31, the National Institute of Electrification received bids for the public tender, which includes the installation of five solar power generators through the photovoltaic system for 110 megawatts.
The National Institute of Electricity in Guatemala is putting out to tender the supply of spare parts for equipment for hydroelectric plants and the implementation of a photovoltaic system.
The National Institute of Electricity in Guatemala is putting out to tender the inspection service of the adduction tunnel at the hydroelectric plant Chixoy.
The National Institute of Electricity in Guatemala is putting out to tender a supply of lightning rods, electrical equipment and spare parts for the microwave system.
The National Institute of Electricity in Guatemala is putting out to tender a supply of hardware, insulators, control cables, metal poles and crosses for the Western system.
In Guatemala an award was made to Novacom SA for a contract to supply power transformers reserved for the Eastern and Western systems, for $5.3 million.
The National Electrification Institute (INDE) also received an offer for $5.9 million from the company Distribuidora de Materiales Productos y Suministros S.A.
Distribuidora de Materiales Productos y Suministros S.A and Novacom S.A. were awarded with the contracts to supply power transformers for replacement and reserve.
The National Institute of Electricity in Guatemala received offers from two companies and awarded a contract with different amounts to each one. The company Novacom SA was awarded a contract for $788,000, and the company Distribuidora de Materiales Productos y Suministros S.A another contract for $5.3 million.
The state run electricity companies have signed a cooperation agreement to develop joint research activities and establish a legal framework for the future exchange of energy in the regional electricity market.
Comisión Ejecutiva Hidroeléctrica del Río Lempa (CEL) of El Salvador, which has an installed capacity of 472 megawatts, and the Instituto Nacional de Electrificación (INDE) of Guatemala were responsible for signing this agreement which will facilitate energy trade.