A solar energy generation park is to be built in the department of Jutiapa, Guatemala, which will have approximately 274 thousand panels and will be located on a 127-hectare plot of land.
According to the interactive platform "Construction in Central America" of CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence area, Solar El Progreso S.A., submitted to the Ministry of Environment the Environmental Impact Study (EIA) to develop the project called "Solar Santo Tomas".
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.
The National Institute of Electrification of Guatemala tenders the supply of electricity generated by solar photovoltaic systems, up to a maximum of 110 MW under the BOT modality.
The installation of solar energy systems in homes has been growing in recent years, with the number of self producers registered with Eegsa going from 700 in 2014 to more than 1,500 up to April this year.
Figures from Empresa Eléctrica de Guatemala indicate that the majority of those registered as self producers are in the department of Guatemala, according to an explanation given to Prensalibre.com by Ricardo Méndez, commercial manager of the distributor.
It is estimated that in 2025 an average 1 MW ground mounted solar energy system will have an average cost of 73 cents per watt, 36% less than the current cost.
Advances in technology and growing experience in the manufacture of solar energy systems are contributing to the gradual reduction of their cost, giving them an advantage over other sources of power generation, such as fossil fuel.
A residential development and solar power generation plants are some of the projects for which environmental impact studies were submitted in April 2016.
Engineering and construction of electricity generation projects with photovoltaic systems, with more than 7.5 MW installed in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
Organization that operates in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama
Phone: (503) 2209 1600 - (503) 7888 4852
Actis and Mesoamerica have agreed to sell SunEdison 100% of its interest in Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy, which operates in the area of renewable energy plants.
From a statement issued by Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy:
Actis and Mesoamerica, investment and consultancy firms based in Costa Rica and Colombia have agreed to sell 100% of their combined interest in Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy (GME), a leader in the business of wind energy and solar energy in Central America, to SundEdison. SunEdison is the largest developer of renewable energy in the world.
The photovoltaic generation plant Horus Energy has been inaugurated, and will be able to deliver power to the state electricity company Energuate for a period of 15 years.
This solar plant is the largest in Central America, with capacity to produce approximately 115 GWh per year.
Between $116.30 and $178.49 is the price range per MW / h in the contracts awarded to nine hydroelectric generators in Guatemala, which are using solar and biomassenergy, for 11 distribution lines.
In Guatemala there is a total of 650 users registered as self-producers of energy made with their own solar panels who upload their surplus to the electricity network.
The intense media apparatus unleashed by solar panel producers should not make us avoid the necessary analysis of the real possibilities currently offered by this technology for homes.
In addition to the cost of purchasing and installing a solar panel, the climatic conditions of our tropical countries must be taken into account and the amount of energy this form of alternative energy produces during wet periods.
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