Project Update: Latin America

Current status of key electric power transmission projects in Latin America

• Rincón Santa María–Resistencia II Interconnection Project, Argentina

  June 7, 2021
  The interconnection project is the fourth tranche of the transmission systems associated with the Yacyretá hydroelectric power project.

• Fourth Line Project, Panama

  June 7, 2021
  The project will provide the national interconnected system with an unrestricted connection to power generation in the west so that it can carry energy generated in that region to the load centre in the east.

• Silvânia–Trindade C1 line and Associated Transmission Network Project, Brazil

  May 10, 2021
  The project comprises Lot 1 of the Auction no. 001/2020 hosted by the Brazilian energy regulator Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL) in December 2020 and was awarded to consortium Agronegócio Alta Luz Brazil for BRL21.3 million.

• 138 kV Puerto Maldonado–Iberia Transmission Line Project, Peru

  April 5, 2021
  The project aims to improve grid stability in the country by supplying electricity to the city of Iberia, as well as to other towns and industrial locations in the area.

• 500 kV Peru–Ecuador Interconnection project

  April 5, 2021
  The 500 kV project is part of the Andean interconnection initiative, known as the Sistema de Interconexión Eléctrica Andina (SINEA).

• 230/138 kV Tabacundo (Pimampiro) Transmission System, Ecuador

  April 5, 2021
  The USD39.2 million project entails the construction of the 225 MVA, 230/138 kV Pimampiro substation and associated 230 kV and 138 kV transmission lines.

• Kimal–Lo Aguirre HVDC Transmission Line Project, Chile [free access]

  March 11, 2021
  The project is proposed by the Chilean 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.

• 500 kV Yguazú–Valenzuela Transmission System Expansion Project, Paraguay

  February 8, 2021
  The objective of the project is to stabilise power supply in Paraguay’s metropolitan area and promote energy efficiency.

• 500 kV Yguazú Substation Project, Paraguay

  October 6, 2020
  The project aims to strengthen the transmission system of the rural areas as part of the developer’s larger plan under the Programa de Fortalecimiento de Transmisión del Sistema Interconectado Nacional y de Distribucion Electrica Rural, or Strengthening the Transmission of the National Interconnected System and Rural Electrical Distribution.

• Panamá III–Sabanitas (Colón) Transmission Line, Panama

  September 4, 2020
  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.

• Itauguá–Pirayú Transmission Line Project, Paraguay

  August 10, 2020
  The project aims to strengthen the grid system of the area and is part of the developer’s larger plan to reinforce the Sistema Interconectado Nacional (SIN)—the national interconnected system.

• Los Troncos–Guarayos–Trinidad Transmission Line, Bolivia

  August 10, 2020
  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.

• Engenheiro Lechuga–Equador–Boa Vista Transmission Line Project, Brazil

  July 9, 2020
  The project aims to connect the Brazilian state Roraima with the country’s national electrical power grid. Presently, Roraima gets 70 per cent of its power from Venezuela’s Guri hydroelectric dam.

• Xingu–Serra Pelada C1 and C2 Transmission Line Project, Brazil

  July 9, 2020
  Sterlite Novo Estado Energia SA [special purpose entity (SPE) for the project] won Lot 3 during Auction No. 02/2017 hosted by energy regulator Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica (ANEEL) in December 2017.

• Itabirito 2–Vespasiano 2 Line Project, Brazil

  June 8, 2020
  The project entailed the construction of 500 kV, 82-km-long, connecting new Itabirito 2 and Vespasiano 2 substations.

• Ecuador–Peru Interconnection Project

  April 6, 2020
  The 500 kV project is part of the Andean interconnection initiative, known as the Sistema de Interconexión Eléctrica Andina (SINEA).

• Pariñas–Nueva Tumbes Transmission Line, Peru

  April 6, 2020
  The 220 kV, 158-km-long Pariñas–Nueva Tumbes line will reinforce electrical dispatch to the northern zone of the Tumbes region.

• Nueva Tingo María–Aguaytía Transmission Line, Peru

  April 6, 2020
  The project aims to improve the reliability of supply to the Aguaytía and Pucallpa areas.

• Parinas–Likanantai Transmission Line Project, Chile

  April 6, 2020
  he project entails construction of the 500 kV Parinas–Likanantai double-circuit line to be initially energised at the 220 kV level, and a new 500/220 kV Parinas switching substation, both in the Antofagasta region.

• Capivari do Sul–Gravatai C1–Viamao 3 Lines and Associated Network Project, Brazil

  April 6, 2020
  The project was awarded to Sterlite Brasil Projetos de Transmissao de Energia S.A., a subsidiary of India-based Sterlite Power Transmission limited under the Lot 13 of the Auction No. 04/2018, hosted by Brazil’s energy regulator, Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica (ANEEL), in December 2018.