In 2017, purchases of electric wires and cables from Central American countries totaled $791 million and grew by 74% with respect to the previous year, in contrast to the fall recorded between 2015 and 2016.
Figures from the information system of the Market of Wires, Cables and Other Electricity Conductors in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
The IDB plans to disburse up to $150 million this year to finance road construction and electrification works in areas of the Nicaraguan Caribbean.
Representatives of the entity in Nicaragua explained that the goal is to approve up to $280 million in loans for development works in the country this year.
The international loans approved by the Assembly will be used for the construction of a hospital, water and sanitation works and for the electrification and renewable energy program.
From a statement issued by from the National Assembly:
The Congress approved two loans for a total of $53 million for rural electrification works and the construction of four bridges in Río Blanco and Siuna, Caribbean region.
From a statement issued by from the National Assembly:
December 6, 2017.- Three decrees of loans, two of which are aimed at energy improvement and one for the construction of 4 bridges that will unite the Caribbean Coast with the Pacific, were approved, today, December 6, unanimously by the National Assembly.
With a loan from OPEC, the second phase of the rural electrification project on the Caribbean coast will be financed.
The decree must still be approved by the National Assembly, which will receive it in the coming days.The loan was agreed between the Ortega administration and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
The National Assembly has approved $5 million for the construction of power lines, $2.6 million for improvements to existing aqueduct networks and $2.5 million for road signs.
From a statement issued by from the National Assembly:
The Ministry of the Presidency of the Republic approved the request for transfers of items for more than five million balboas for various projects, including the construction of power lines in the country, in the amount of 890 thousand 637 balboas, two million 23 thousand balboas for the projects of the Office of Rural Electrification, which include the installation of electricity lines in Bocas del Toro, Coclé, Chiriquí, Panama West and Veraguas, and construction of electricity distribution lines for the community and school in El Peñón, among others programs.
The company Fersa S.A. has been awarded a contract for three of the five blocks in the tender to expand the electricity transmission network.
Prensalibre.com reports that "...The total contained in the tender was 400 kilometers, of which three of the five blocks were awarded to Fersa.The first will cover the communities of Quiché and will interconnect with San Marcos."
With a loan from Exim Bank from India approved by the Assembly, new transmission lines and substations will be built in the Autonomous Region of the Southern Caribbean.
From a statement issued by the National Assembly of Nicaragua:
The National Electrification Institute plans to invest $27 million in strengthening generation and electricity transmission systems and improving coverage in five departments.
The goal of the National Electrification Institute (INDE) is to use its own resources of about $2.5 million to improve coverage in the departments of Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Huehuetenango, Izabal and San Marcos.Electricity distribution networks will be built to expand coverage in 26 communities.
Panama is inviting bids for supply and services for the repowering of the Panama II-Chepo Line and the new LT Chepo -Meteti, 230kV and associated substations.
The investment announced by AES El Salvador will go towards expanding the distribution network, rural electrification, vehicle fleet, infrastructure, and communications equipment and computers.
From a statement issued by AES El Salvador:
2016, AES El Salvador, through its companies CAESS, CLESA, EEO and DEUSEM, has projected an investment of approximately $36 million.
With a loan from the IDB works will be carried out on electrical transmission infrastructure in 16 municipalities in the center and north of the country.
The project profile published on the website of the Inter-American Development Bank indicates that one feature of the project is "...
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