Latin America News

Latest news and developments from Latin America region

• Ecuador’s CELEC EP completes Alluriquín substation works

  December 1, 2021
  State-owned power utility Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC EP) has concluded the energisation works of the Alluriquín sectioning substation.

• GE commissions first digital substation for Brazil’s CTEEP

  November 30, 2021
  GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has commissioned the first digital substation in Brazil’s Sistema Interconectado Nacional (SIN) or the National Interconnected System, for the Colombian Interconexión Eléctrica’s (ISA) Brazilian subsidiary Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista (ISA CTEEP)—the largest private transmission company in Brazil.

• Colombian EPM to invest COP18.7 trillion on infrastructure in 2022-25

  November 29, 2021
  Colombian multi-utility Empresas Públicas Medellín (EPM) plans to invest COP18.7 trillion from 2022 to 2025. Of this, it has allocated COP11.04 trillion to transmission and distribution (T&D), COP4.45 trillion to generation, and COP2.68 trillion to its water and wastewater segment.

• Tower assembly for Margen Derecha–Yguazú line begins in Paraguay

  November 29, 2021
  Paraguay’s electric utility Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) or the National Electricity Administration has started the tower assembly of the 500 kV Margen Derecha–Yguazú transmission line.

• Chilean Besalco Energia operationalises Pueblo Seco substation

  November 25, 2021
  Chilean Besalco Energía Renovable, a renewable energy and electrical infrastructure development company, has operationalised the Pueblo Seco substation, which was tendered by the country’s Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (CEN) or the National Electric Coordinator in August 2019.

• Chilean Colbún project enters environmental qualification stage

  November 24, 2021
  Chilean utility company Colbún’s transmission project was submitted for environmental qualification. 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.

• Ecuador’s CELEC EP receives environmental approval for Cajas transmission system

  November 22, 2021
  Corporacion Electrica del Ecuador (CELEC EP) or the Electricity Corporation of Ecuador has received the environmental license for the execution of the Cajas transmission system project.

• Paraguayan ANDE to invest USD6.5 billion in country’s electricity sector [free access]

  November 22, 2021
  Paraguayan electric utility Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) has formed Master Plans for Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power until 2030 and for the Generation of Electric Power until 2040.

• Colombian UPME issues draft tender documents for Antioquia transmission project

  November 17, 2021
  Colombian energy planning unit Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética (UPME) has published draft tender documents for the development of a 230 kV transmission project in the northwestern department of Antioquia.

• Eight Chilean transmission projects set to be bid in next 12 months

  November 17, 2021
  The Chilean Ministry of Energy has published Decree 229 requiring eight new national and zonal transmission projects to begin their bidding process or strip study (a study to identify the strip of territory where some of the new transmission lines may be located) within the next twelve months. These projects—two national and six zonal–correspond to the Transmission Expansion Plan of 2020.

• Brazil’s ANEEL to host second transmission auction on December 17

  November 16, 2021
  Brazilian energy regulator Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica (ANEEL) will host the second electric transmission auction (nº 2/2021) for this year on December 17.

• Chile CEN issues international tender for 38 transmission works [free access]

  November 15, 2021
  Chilean Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (CEN) or the National Electrical Coordinator has issued an international public tender for building and executing 38 transmission expansion works involving a referential investment value of USD162 million.

• Chile proposes undersea cable to export power to Asia

  November 12, 2021
  Chile is looking into an undersea cable project to connect the country with Asia and export electricity from the former to the latter.

• Chilean Rarinco–Los Varones project receives environmental approval

  November 11, 2021
  Energía Renovable Verano Tres, Chilean subsidiary of Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), has received environmental approval for its 1×220 kV Rarinco–Los Varones Transmission Line project located in the Biobío region, Chile.

• CELEC EP signs contracts for grid substation projects in Ecuador

  November 11, 2021
  La Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC EP) or the Electricity Corporation of Ecuador is making advancements on the expansion of six high voltage substations.

• ETED launches new transmission projects in Dominican Republic [free access]

  November 9, 2021
  Dominican Republic power transmission firm Empresa de Transmision Electrica Dominicana (ETED) is planning to invest USD450 million in the development of several new transmission projects, which aim to guarantee better and greater electricity services and quality in the country.

• Colombian ISA announces major investments in Brazilian transmission sector

  November 8, 2021
  Colombian energy company Interconexión Eléctrica (ISA) plans to investment a major portion of its five-year capital budget in energy projects in South America.

• Chilean court hears claims against Lo Aguirre Alto Melipilla–Rapel project

  November 2, 2021
  Chile’s Second Environmental Court recently held a hearing for two claims against the country’s environmental evaluation agency Sistema de Evaluación Ambiental’s (SEA) approval for the Lo Aguirre Alto Melipilla and Alto Melipilla–Rapel Transmission Line project proposed by Eletrans II.

• Chilean Andes submits EIS for Angamos–Kapatur transmission line

  November 2, 2021
  Chilean AES Andes has is seeking environmental approval for the Angamos–Kapatur electric transmission project, following the submission of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to the environmental evaluation agency Sistema de Evaluación Ambiental (SEA).

• Argentina’s Energy Transition Plan to 2030 approved

  November 2, 2021
  Argentina’s Ministry of Economy has approved the "Guidelines for an Energy Transition Plan to 2030", through Resolution 1036/2021.