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