Project Update: Latin America

Current status of key electric power transmission projects in Latin America

• Fourth Line Project, Panama

  June 3, 2022
  The project will provide the national interconnected system with an unrestricted connection to power generation in the west and enable the transfer of electricity from this region to the load centre in the east.

• Kimal–Lo Aguirre HVDC Transmission Line Project, Chile

  June 3, 2022
  The project has been proposed by Chile’s national energy commission, Comisión Nacional de Energía (CNE), under its Annual Transmission Expansion Plan for the Sistema Eléctrico Nacional (SEN) or national electric system and zonal transmission system, for 2018.

• San Pedro Sula Sur–Progreso Transmission Line and Associated Substations Project, Honduras

  May 10, 2022
  The project aims to strengthen the electricity infrastructure in the country.

• 230 kV Sabanitas–Panama III Electric Transmission Line and Associated Substations Project, Panama

  May 10, 2022
  The project will facilitate the evacuation of future generation from the province of Colón, which will also provide an alternative corridor of supply to the province of Panama.

• El Sistema de Transmisión Nororiental (STNO) project, Ecuador

  May 10, 2022
  The public selection process for financing, construction, operation and maintenance of the El Sistema de Transmisión Nororiental (STNO) or North-eastern Transmission System will allow for the connection of the Sistema Nacional Interconectado (SNI) or the National Interconnected System with Sistema Interconectado Eléctrico Petrolero (SIEP) or the Interconnected Electric Oil System, located in the northeast of Ecuador.

• Tucurui Transmission Line, Brazil

  May 10, 2022
  The Tucurui transmission line will extend to Roraima to integrate the state to the national grid.

• 500 kV Peru–Ecuador Interconnection project

  May 10, 2022
  The 500 kV project is part of the Andean interconnection initiative known as the Sistema de Interconexión Eléctrica Andina (SINEA).

• 500 kV Tacuarembó–Salto Transmission Line, Uruguay

  May 10, 2022
  The project entails the design, construction, operation and maintenance of a 365-km, 500 kV transmission line and a new substation, as well as the reinforcement of an existing substation.

• Veladero–Panamá II Transmission Line, Panama

  May 10, 2022
  The project aims to boost the dispatch of the national interconnected system from the west of the country, which is home to hydropower potential.

• Villa Hayes–Villa Real–Pozo Colorado–Loma Plata Project, Paraguay

  April 8, 2022
  The project aims to meet the growth in electricity demand and improve the quality and reliability of service in the capital and Greater Asunción regions.

• Candelaria–Nueva Tuniche project, Chile

  April 8, 2022
  The project is part of the expansion works under the national and zonal transmission system, and is being executed to meet the growing transmission capacity and demand for energy.

• Los Troncos–Guarayos–Trinidad Transmission Line, Bolivia

  March 4, 2022
  The project’s main objective is the replacement of diesel thermoelectric generation in the isolated system of Ascención de Guarayos and the Moxos thermal power plant (Trinidad), since it represents a higher economic cost and environmental impact for the country.

• Bolivia–Argentina Interconnection Project

  March 4, 2022
  The interconnection project aims to facilitate the import of 120 MW of electricity from Bolivia’s Planta Termoeléctrica Del Sur located in Yaguacua, Department of Tarija, Gran Chaco province, to the Tartagal substation in the Salta province, Argentina.

• Construction and Interconnection of Buey Rodeo Substation Project, Paraguay

  March 4, 2022
  The project is part of ANDE’s plan to improve the electricity transmission and distribution system in Paraguay’s Metropolitan region and reinforce the electric system in the central departments.

• La Loma–Sogamoso Transmission Line and Associated Network Project, Colombia

  March 4, 2022
  The project includes the construction of a 275-km-long, 500 kV line connecting the Grupo Energía de Bogotá (GEB)-operated La Loma substation in El Paso, Cesar, and the Interconexión Eléctrica (ISA) Sogamoso substation in Betulia, Santander.

• Sao Paulo–Minas Gerais Transmission Line, Brazil

  March 4, 2022
  The project entails the construction of two 375-km, 500 kV single-line circuits between Estreito in Minas Gerais and Cachoeira Paulista in São Paulo.

• Vineyards Project, Brazil

  March 4, 2022
  The project entailed the construction of 114 km of transmission lines, implementation of two new 496 MVA substations, and the expansion of four substations in the regions of Garibaldi, Bento Goncalves, Lajeado and Bage.

• Jalapão project, Brazil

  February 10, 2022
  The project aims to expand the transmission network to increase energy exchange between the north and northeast regions, facilitating the flow of energy from the country’s largest power plant, the 11,233 MW Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant.

• Mendoza Transmission Line, Argentina [free access]

  February 10, 2022
  The 220 kV Cruz de Piedra–Gran Mendoza line aims to increase the safety, quality and reliability of the power system, which has been at risk of collapse for a long time.

• 500 kV AMBA Stage I project, Argentina

  February 10, 2022
  The project aims to expand the existing electricity supply capacity in the Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (AMBA) or the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires to enable the supply of renewable energy to the region as well as strengthen the energy ring of AMBA to guarantee reliability of operations and safe supply of electricity in the country’s most populated area.