During the first four months of the year, 64% of electricity was generated from hydraulic sources, 21% from thermal, 10% from wind, 2% from solar and 2% was from self-generation.
According to the most recent figures from the Comptroller General of Panama, in April 2018, 908 million kwh were generated, equivalent to an increase of 3.3% compared to the 879 million supplied in the same month in 2017.
The new Minister of Environment and Energy in Costa Rica is opposed to the Diquís project, which the state electricity company has been promoting for ten years, and which consists of building a hydroelectric generation plant in Puntarenas.
While the new leaders of the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) announced their intention to refloat the project, which due to unconstitutionality appeals filed against it has remained on paper for years, the Ministry of Environment and Energy has declared its opposition, stating that "... there are no studies or other assessments on the social and economic impact that justify the declaration of national convenience given to the project a decade ago."
Instituto Nacional de Electrificación de Guatemala is putting out to tenderconstruction of works and a supply of specialized equipment for different hydroelectric plants.
With a loan from BCIE, the construction of the Montegrande project will be completed, consisting of a multipurpose dam on the Yaque del Sur riverbed in the Dominican Republic.
The project consists in the construction of a multipurpose dam on the bed of the Yaque del Sur river, in order to control floods, provide water for drinking water, as well as water for agricultural irrigation and the development of aquaculture and tourism activities.
The National Institute of Electricity in Guatemala is putting out to tender an inspection service for the adduction tunnel at the hydroelectric plant Chixoy.
Instituto Nacional de Electrificacion de Guatemala is putting out to tender geotechnical and geophysical studies for the Santa María Hydroelectric Power Plant.
Instituto Nacional de Electrificación is putting out to tender the supply, assembly and implementation of an automation and control system for the Aguacapa hydroelectric plant.
Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica de Honduras is putting out to tender the provision of general services at the Francisco Morazán hydroelectric plant.
The National Electrification Institute in Guatemala (Instituto Nacional de Electrificación de Guatemala) is putting out to tender dam security tests at the Chixoy hydroelectric plant.
The National Electrification Institute of Guatemala is putting out to tender the cleaning and painting of 12 thousand square meters of high pressure piping at the Palín II hydroelectric plant.
The electricity rates that will apply from February 1 to April 30 are between 1.5% and 2.2% higher than those in the previous period.
The slight increase announced by the National Electricity Commission (Comisión Nacional de Energía Eléctrica or CNEE) in the tariffs corresponding to the February - April period is attributed to higher generation costs that were reported in the previous quarter.
The National Electrification Institute in Guatemala (Instituto Nacional de Electrificación de Guatemala) is putting out to tendermaintenance works for the forced pipeline at the Aguacapa hydroelectric plant.
In Costa Rica, the state power company will have to pay $112 million to the contractor of the Chucás hydroelectric project, for "additional expenses that it authorized and then refused to recognize."
In the ruling issued by the International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration (CICA), to which the company Enel Green Power Costa Rica appealed to resolve a conflict that originated in 2015 due to an almost $148 millionincrease in the Chucás hydroelectric project, which has not yet been completed, it was established that Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) acted with "bad contractual faith".
The expansion of a hydroelectric plant, a residential development and the construction of a 34-kilometer road are some of the projects for which environmental impact studies were presented in August.
Data from the interactive information system "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData.
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