Project Update: Latin America

Current status of key electric power transmission projects in Latin America

• 500 kV Valenzuela Transmission Project, Paraguay

  January 6, 2022
  This project aims to strengthen the dispatch of high-voltage power in the central and metropolitan networks of Paraguay’s national interconnected system.

• Peru–Chile Interconnection

  January 5, 2022
  The project entails the construction of a 220 kV cross-border link known as PECHI.

• Kimal–Lo Aguirre HVDC Transmission Line Project, Chile

  January 4, 2022
  The project is 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.

• Casanare Transmission Project, Colombia

  January 4, 2022
  The project entails the construction of the 115 kV Alcaraván substation with two 230/115/ 34.5 kV autotransformers of 180 MVA (3x60 MVA) capacity; construction of a 115 kV, 4-km double-circuit line from the new Alcaraván substation to intercept the existing 115 kV Aguazul–Yopal line, to reconfigure it as the 115 kV Aguazul–Alcaraván line; construction of a 115 kV, 25-km single-circuit line from the Alcaraván substation to the 115 kV Aguazul substation to configure the second Alcaraván–Aguazul circuit; and construction of a 115 kV, 9-km single-circuit line from the Alcaraván substation to the 115 kV Yopal substation to configure the second 115 kV Alcaraván–Yopal line.

• Margen Derecha–Yguazú line, Paraguay

  January 3, 2022
  The project aims to enable full transmission of power from the Itaipú Binacional hydroelectric plant.

• Fourth Line Project, Panama

  January 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.

• Veladero–Panamá II Transmission Line, Panama

  January 1, 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.

• Alto Melipilla-Rapel Transmission Line, Chile

  November 24, 2021
  The 122-km project will be developed in two phases.

• Colbún project, Chile

  November 24, 2021
  The project entails the construction of a new Loica sectioning substation, a new 2×220 kV Loica–Portezuelo line, and the sectioning of the 2×220 kV Rapel–Nueva Alto Melipilla and 1×220 kV Nueva Alto Melipilla–Rapel transmission lines.

• Cajas transmission system, Ecuador

  November 22, 2021
  The project aims to reinforce electricity supply in the province of Imbabura and in the northern part of the country.

• Antioquia transmission project, Colombia

  November 17, 2021
  The project entails building and operating a 230 kV transmission system in Colombia's northwest Antioquia department.

• 500 kV Chile–Argentina Interconnection

  November 8, 2021
  The project aims to allow electricity exchange between the electricity systems of Chile and Argentina.

• 220 kV Reque–Nueva Carhuaquero Transmission Project, Peru

  November 8, 2021
  The project aims to expand the transmission capacity between Chiclayo and Cajamarca.

• Nueva Tumbes Transmission Project, Peru

  November 8, 2021
  The project aims to increase the transformation capacity of the Tumbes electrical system from 60 kV to 220 kV and help meet future demand in the region.

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

  November 8, 2021
  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.

• 500 kV Tacuarembó–Salto Transmission Line, Uruguay

  November 8, 2021
  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.

• 230/138 kV Tanicuchí Transmission System Project, Ecuador

  November 8, 2021
  The project is part of the expansion and reinforcement programme of Ecuador’s Sistema Nacional de Transmisión (SNT) or the national transmission system and aims to improve the transmission network in the region of Cotopaxi.

• Parinas–Taltal project, Chile

  November 1, 2021
  The project aims to satisfy the increasing energy demand in northern Chile, increase the power transmission capacity of the Sistema Eléctrico Nacional (SEN) or the National Electric System, and improve the country’s security and continuity of electricity supply in the mid and long term.

• Antípodas project, Chile

  November 1, 2021
  The project aims to transform the arid Atacama desert, one of the world’s highest irradiance zones, into a source of exportable renewable energy.

• Sabanalarga–Bolivar Transmission Project, Colombia

  October 7, 2021
  The project aims to improve energy supply in the Bolivar and Atlantico departments.