Latin America News

Latest news and developments from Latin America region

• Engie Brasil and Copel partner for participation in Brazil’s transmission auction

  May 20, 2022
  Engie Brasil has signed an agreement with Copel Geração e Transmissão, wholly-owned subsidiary of Companhia Paranaense de Energia (Copel), to form a consortium to participate in the upcoming transmission auction for project planned for the southeast region of Brazil.

• Ecuador’s CELEC EP and USTDA to take up Digital Modernization project

  May 18, 2022
  Ecuador's state-owned power company, La Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC EP), and the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) have signed an agreement to execute a project for Digital Modernization of the Sistema Nacional de Transmisión (SNT) or the national transmission system.

• Chile’s Kimal–Lo Aguirre HVDC line to operationalise by May 2029 [free access]

  May 17, 2022
  According to Ministerio de Energía Chile or the Chile’s Ministry of Energy, the Kimal–Lo Aguirre high voltage direct current (HVDC) line will commence its operations in May 2029.

• Colombian GEB to take possession of Elecnorte in La Guajira

  May 17, 2022
  Colombian Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) has signed a share purchase agreement with UK-based asset management company Ashmore Management Company to acquire its 100 per cent stake in Elecnorte SAS ESP, which provides services in La Guajira department of Colombia.

• Brazilian TAESA raises BRL1.25 million debt issue to fund projects

  May 12, 2022
  Brazil electric power transmission company, Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica SA (TAESA), has made the largest debt issue of the country in 2022 by concluding green bond debentures worth BRL1.25 million.

• Peruvian COES’s 2023-32 preliminary transmission plan receives stakeholders’ comments

  May 12, 2022
  Peru’s power grid coordinator Comité de Operación Económica del Sistema’s (COES) has responded to the comments by stakeholders on its preliminary 2023-32 transmission plan.

• ISA CTEEP and TAESA deliver 500 kV Aimorés Electric Interconnection line in Brazil

  May 9, 2022
  Brazil electric power transmission company Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica SA (TAESA), and Colombian Interconexión Eléctrica’s (ISA) Brazilian subsidiary Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista (ISA CTEEP), have completed the construction of the 500 kV Interligação Elétrica Aimorés or Aimorés Electric Interconnection in Minas Gerais.

• Peru's ProInversion launches tender for projects worth USD130 million

  May 9, 2022
  Peru's investment promotion agency ProInversion has launched a tender for two transmission projects –220 kV Ica–Poroma line and and associated substations project, and 220 kV Cáclic–Jaén Norte (2 circuits) Instalaciones de Transmisión de Conexión (ITC) or the Connection Transmission Facilities Link and associated substations project, to strengthen the supply of electricity in the departments of Ica, Amazonas and Cajamarca.

• Colombian ISA to invest USD8 million in Latin American infrastructure projects

  May 9, 2022
  Colombian energy company, Interconexión Eléctrica (ISA), plans to invest USD8 billion in infrastructure projects, mainly in Brazil and Chile, during 2022.

• Paraguayan ANDE commissions power transformer at 220 kV Vaquería substation

  May 9, 2022
  Paraguay’s state-owned power company Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), has commissioned a 41.6 MVA power transformer at the 220 kV Vaqueria substation, to provide more reliable supply of electricity in the cities of Yhú, Vaquería, Nueva Toledo and Tembiaporá, all in the Department of Caaguazú.

• Panama’s ETESA submits pre-feasibility study under PPP modality for Fourth Transmission Line

  May 9, 2022
  Panama’s state transmission company, Empresa de Transmision Electrica (ETESA), has submitted the pre-feasibility study of the Fourth Transmission Line to the Asociaciones Público-Privadas (APP) or the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Regulatory Entity, for it to be built between the substations of Chiriqui Grande and Bocas del Toro, to the Panama III substation, in the province of Panama.

• Paraguayan ANDE and FONPLATA assess 220 kV transmission project

  May 4, 2022
  The state-run electricity company of Paraguay—Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), and multilateral South American Bank Fondo Financiero Para El Desarrollo De La Cuenca Del Plata (FONPLATA) have been monitoring the Villa Hayes–Villa Real–Pozo Colorado–Loma Plata project.

• Canadian CDPQ to purchase Terna's Latin American transmission assets

  May 2, 2022
  Canadian pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has agreed to purchase Italy’s transmission system operator (TSO) Terna Group’s power transmission portfolio in Latin America for more than EUR265 million.

• Argentina's ENRE awarded certificate for substation connection in Rio Negro

  April 25, 2022
  Argentina's energy regulator, Ente Nacional Regulador de la Electricidad (ENRE), has issued a Certificate of Convenience and Public Necessity for the connection of the new Ingeniero Cipolletti transformer station to the Sistema Argentino de Interconexión (SADI) or Argentine Interconnection System, as requested by Transporte de Energía Eléctrica–Transcomahue S.A.

• Four companies pre-qualify to bid for Ecuador’s transmission project

  April 25, 2022
  Ecuador’s Ministerio de Energía y Recursos Naturales No Renovables (MERNNR) or the Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources had pre-qualified four companies that had submitted expressions of interest (EoIs) for a USD386 million transmission project in the country.

• Panama’s ETESA re-extends deadline for Veladero–Panamá II line tender

  April 22, 2022
  Panama’s state transmission company, Empresa de Transmision Electrica (ETESA), has again extended the deadline to receive bids for the 230 kV Veladero–Panamá II line tender, from April 18 to May 5, 2022.

• Honduran ENEE extends deadline to receive bids for 138 kV transmission project

  April 22, 2022
  The Honduran state-owned Empresa Nacional de Energia Electrica (ENEE) has extended the deadline to receive bids for a transmission project, which aims to strengthen the electricity infrastructure in the country.

• Mexican CFE to invest in 10 transmission projects during 2022-24

  April 21, 2022
  Recently, Mexican state-owned power company, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) Transmission, has announced its plan to invest in 10 transmission projects during 2022-24, with the aim of satisfying the growing demand for electricity and guaranteeing its provision in a timely, reliable and continuous manner.

• Brazil MME approves PDE 2031 with investment of BRL3.2 trillion [free access]

  April 19, 2022
  Brazilian Ministério de Minas e Energia or Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) has given final approval for the Plano Decenal de Expansão de Energia (PDE) or Decennial Energy Expansion Plan which envisages an investment of BRL318 billion in the country’s power generation and transmission segments till 2031.

• Engie’s Nueva La Negra project receives environmental approval in Chile

  April 19, 2022
  Engie Energia Chile SA’s 220/110 kV Nueva La Negra sectioning substation project has received environmental approval from the environmental evaluation