February 18, 2021
Colombian mining and energy planning unit, Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética (UPME), had to abort an initial attempt to award a supervisory contract for the country's first grid-scale, energy storage project, due to lack of interest.
February 15, 2021
Brazilian Celgpar – a holding company owned by the state government of Goiás, which controls Celg Geração e Transmissão S.A. (CELG GT), has decided to continue the process of selling its shares in the latter, in addition to its holdings in other projects.
February 11, 2021
The Dominican Republic transmission utility, Empresa de Transmision Electrica Dominicana (ETED), has launched a new telecommunications division to provide optic fibre services, and has allocated DOP750 million for the same.
February 10, 2021
Recently, Panama’s state-owned electricity transmission company, Empresa de Transmision Electrica (ETESA), has earmarked an investment of USD5.13 million for the installation of a new 100 MVA transformer at the La Chorrera substation, in place of the existing one installed in 1995.
February 8, 2021
Ecuador's state-owned power company, La Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC EP), via its transmission unit Transelectric, will construct the 230 kV Las Orquídeas transmission system, valued at USD45.6 million.
February 1, 2021
Chilean national electricity system, Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (CEN), has officially launched an international tender for awarding the rights of execution for the Kimal–Lo Aguirre high voltage direct current (HVDC) project.
February 1, 2021
Colombian mining and energy planning unit, Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética (UPME), has launched a tender for power transmission facilities to be implemented in the western part of the country.
February 1, 2021
Recently, the Colombian oil and gas company Ecopetrol (88.5 per cent state-owned), has presented a non-bidding offer to acquire 51.4 per cent stakes in Colombian power company Interconexión Eléctrica's (ISA), which is owned by the government of Colombia.
January 26, 2021
Ecuador's state-owned power company, La Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC EP), via its transmission unit Transelectric, presented the environmental impact assessment (EIA) study of the new 230 kV Tanicuchí transmission system in a public assembly.
January 25, 2021
Brazilian energy regulator, Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL), confirmed that 6,159 km of new transmission lines and 14,485 MVA of transformer capacity were added to the Brazilian transmission network during 2020.
January 25, 2021
The Chilean national electricity system coordinator, Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (CEN), has published its expansion proposal for the national transmission network, which comprises of around 128 projects cumulatively valued at around USD717 million.
January 25, 2021
Colombian mining and energy planning unit, Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética (UPME), has launched a tender for establishing the country's first grid-scale, energy storage project under its efforts to reinforce power supply on the Caribbean coast.
January 20, 2021
The Chilean national electricity system coordinator, Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (CEN), has invited international bids for awarding 27 transmission projects cumulatively valued at more than USD160 million.
January 11, 2021
The Paraguayan government announced its approval of a USD85 million loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for financing a part of the 500 kV Yguazú–Valenzuela Transmission System Expansion Project.
January 6, 2021
Ecuador's state-owned power company, La Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC EP), will invest USD241.6 million in the construction of new transmission facilities, and reinforcement and repowering of the Sistema Nacional de Transmisión (SNT) or the national transmission system.
January 6, 2021
Itaipu Binacional, operator of the Itaipu hydro power project (HPP) on Paraná River at the Brazil–Paraguay border, plans to allocate USD400 million for the strengthening of the transmission and distribution (T&D) network for both countries.
December 28, 2020
Recently, the Chilean national electricity system coordinator, Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (CEN), published the analysis of the expected use of the transmission system for the 2021 Transmission Planning Process.
December 23, 2020
Chilean power transmission company Transelec SA is seeking environmental approval from the country’s Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental (SEA) or Environmental Assessment Service, for establishing the Parinas–Monte Mina transmission line project in the Antofagasta region, valued at USD105 million.
December 21, 2020
Spain's Iberdrola, through its Brazilian subsidiary Neoenergia, has completed the expansion of the Narandiba substation in Salvador, in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
December 17, 2020
Brazilian energy regulator, Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL), on December 17, awarded concessions under its transmission auction (Nº 1/2020), which auctioned 1,958 km of transmission lines and 6,420 MVA of transformer capacity distributed in 11 lots across nine Brazilian states. It has been reported that 51 companies participated in the auction, of which 14 were foreign companies.