Latin America News

Latest news and developments from Latin America region

• 6,500 km of lines to enter operation by end-2021 in Brazil

  September 22, 2021
  As per the Brazilian energy regulator Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica (ANEEL), around 6,500 km of transmission lines are expected to become operational by the end of 2021 in the country.

• BNDES approves funding for 390 MW transmission projects in Brazil

  September 22, 2021
  The Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) or the Brazilian Development Bank has approved a loan of BRL166 million for the development of transmission projects for 390 MW of solar and hydropower plants (HPPs).

• Colombian Ministry authorises eight new transmission works

  September 22, 2021
  Colombian Ministerio de Minas y Energía (MME) or the Ministry of Mines and Energy recently authorised the construction of eight new transmission projects to strengthen the electricity services and energy transition in the country.

• Ecuador issues tender for new transmission project

  September 22, 2021
  The Ecuadorian Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources has initiated the public selection process for the award of a concession to the private sector for the construction, operation and maintenance of a transmission project in the Northeast of the country.

• Celeo seeks environmental approval for 138 kV line in Peru

  September 21, 2021
  Puerto Maldonado Transmisora de Energía S.A.C. recently submitted an application to Peru’s Servicio Nacional de Certificación Ambiental para las Inversiones Sostenibles (Senace) or National Service of Environmental Certification for Sustainable Investments, seeking environmental approval for the 138 kV Puerto Maldonado–Iberia transmission line.

• Eletronorte signs addendum for Manaus–Boa Vista line in Brazil

  September 20, 2021
  Brazil’s federal power company Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras’ (Eletrobras) subsidiary Centrais Elétricas do Norte do Brasil SA (Eletronorte) signed the first addendum to the concession contract between the federal government and Transnorte Energia (a special purpose company of Eletronorte), for the construction and operation of the Manaus–Boa Vista transmission line.

• CELEC EP and AEBE sign route agreement for Ecuador–Peru interconnection

  September 20, 2021
  Ecuador's state-owned power company, La Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC EP) and Asosiacion de Exportadores de Banano del Ecuador (AEBE) or the Association of Banana Exporters of Ecuador, signed an agreement on the route of the Ecuador–Peru Interconnection.

• Panama ETESA to launch tender for fourth electric transmission line in 2022

  September 20, 2021
  Panamanian power transmission company Empresa de Distribución Eléctrica, SA (ETESA) plans to launch a tender for the construction of its fourth electric transmission line in 2022.

• Paraguayan ANDE drafts Budget 2022 focusing on power transmission

  September 14, 2021
  The state-run electricity company of Paraguay, Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), presented their draft Budget 2022 in the informative meeting of the Bicameral Budget Commission of the National Congress.

• TAESA’s transmission line inaugurated in Minas Gerais, Brazil

  September 13, 2021
  Brazilian electric power transmission company Transmissora Aliança de Energia Elétrica’s (TAESA) Janaúba project in the state of Minas Gerais, was recently inaugurated post its completion.

• Energía de Colombia secures financing for Atlántico project

  September 13, 2021
  Colombian electric transmission concessionaire Energía de Colombia STR SAS ESP has secured financing for the development of the 23-km Atlántico transmission line and associated substations in the Sistema de Transmisión Regional (STR) in the Department of Atlántico.

• Paraguay awards contract for 500 kV Valenzuela transmission project

  September 13, 2021
  The state-run electricity company of Paraguay Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) has awarded contracts for building the 500 kV Valenzuela transmission project.

• CEN’s SCADA upgrade project advances in Chile

  September 13, 2021
  Chilean Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (CEN) or the National Electrical Coordinator’s project to upgrade its Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)/ Energy Management Systems (EMS) using state-of-the-art technology is advancing well.

• Brazil's Eletronorte signs share purchase agreement for NBTE with Leovac Participacoes

  September 9, 2021
  Brazilian Centrais Elétricas do Norte do Brasil (Eletronorte), a subsidiary of state-run power company Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA (Eletrobras), has signed a Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) or Share Purchase Agreement for Norte Brasil Transmissora de Energia S.A. (NBTE), with Leovac Participacoes SA for BRL700 million.

• IDB Invest provides USD67 million for Cardal Transmission Project in Uruguay

  September 7, 2021
  IDB Invest, a member of IDB Group, has provided a USD67 million financial package for Tealov S.R.L (Tealov), a Uruguayan special purpose company (SPV) sponsored by Invenergy Renewables Global LLC (Invenergy) to develop the Cardal Transmission Project in Uruguay. This financial boost comprises an USD11.5 million loan and a USD55.5 million worth B-bond.

• Hitachi to supply power reactors for 500 kV project in La Guajira, Colombia

  September 6, 2021
  Hitachi ABB Power Grids has received a contract from Colombian Grupo Energía Bogotá’s (GEB), to supply power reactors for the 500 kV Colectora–Cuestecitas–La Loma Transmission Line and Associated Network Project. As per the contract, Hitachi will be involved in the design, manufacture, transportation, installation, training and delivery of the single-phase, 500 kV line reactors for the project in La Guajira.

• Paraguayan ANDE signs contract with SAS Paraguay for 220 kV repowering project

  September 6, 2021
  Paraguayan electric power utility, Administracion Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), has signed a contract with local power company, Suministros Eléctricos (SAS) Paraguay SA, to supply materials for the repowering of the 220 kV Carayaó–San Estanislao transmission line.

• Ecuadorian Celec drafts plan to improve national power transmission system

  September 6, 2021
  Reportedly, Ecuador's state-owned power company, La Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC EP), is drafting a 10-year digital transformation master plan to improve and strengthen the national power transmission system with the introduction of new technologies, particularly for variable renewable projects.

• Panama’s ETESA to re-evaluate bids to prepare EIS for Fourth Line Transmission Project

  September 6, 2021
  Panama's Dirección General de Contrataciones Públicas or Directorate of Public Procurement has ordered electric transmission network developer, Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica S.A. (ETESA), to carry out a new analysis of all the proposals received to prepare the environmental impact study (EIS) for the Fourth Line Transmission Project. The decision follows the claims filed by consorcio Consultores Ambientales y Multiservicios, S.A. (Camsa) Engimore against ETESA's bid evaluation report for the same.

• ETESA plans to invest PAB335.2 million in Panama’s interconnected power system expansion

  September 6, 2021
  Panama’s state-owned electricity transmission company, Empresa de Transmision Electrica (ETESA), has presented its work plan for the next year to the Comisión de Presupuesto de la Asamblea Nacional de Diputados or the Budget Commission of the National Assembly of Deputies. Under this, ETESA has assured the commission that it will have the resources to continue with the development of the Plan de Expansión de Sistema Interconectado Nacional (PESIN) or Expansion Plan of the National Interconnected System (PESIN).