Latin America News

Latest news and developments from Latin America region

• Peruvian MINEM approves PPP power projects for 2020-22

  September 1, 2020
  Peruvian Ministerio de Energía y Minas (MINEM) has approved the 2020-22 Public-Private Partnership (PPP) investment report for the power sector, under which the identified transmission projects will help solve grid issues in the short and medium term.

• Paraguayan DNCP annuls Lot 1 of 500 kV Yguazú substation project and orders re-valuation

  August 25, 2020
  Paraguay’s Dirección Nacional de Contrataciones Públicas (DNCP) or the Directorate of Public Procurement has annulled Lot 1 of the 500 kV Yguazú substation and interconnection project, which was awarded to the Siemens consortium [Siemens Energy SAC (Peru) and Rieder & CIA S.A.C.I (Paraguay)] at USD67.2 million, in June 2020.

• CENACE to stop connecting new RE projects to BCS grid until 2026-27

  August 24, 2020
  As per news reports, Mexican Centro Nacional de Control de Energía (CENACE) or National Electricity Control Centre has confirmed that it will not be connecting new solar or wind generation capacity to the Baja California Sur (BCS) grid network until 2026 or 2027.

• EDP completes 230 kV Coelho Neto–Chapadinha project in Brazil [free access]

  August 20, 2020
  EDP Transmissao MA II, a subsidiary of Energias do Brasil S.A. (EDP), has completed the 230 kV Coelho Neto–Chapadinha Transmission Project, which forms the Lot 11 of Auction No. 05/2016 hosted by Brazil’s energy regulator, Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica (ANEEL), in April 2017.

• Elecnor submits 220 kV Itahue–Mataquito project for environmental approval to Chilean SEA

  August 20, 2020
  Recently, Spanish Elecnor submitted the 220 kV Itahue–Mataquito transmission project for environmental approval to the Chilean Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental (SEA) or Environmental Assessment Service.

• Ecuador’s CELEC EP restarts work on 230 kV Tabacundo transmission system

  August 20, 2020
  Ecuador's state-owned power company, La Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC EP), via its transmission unit Transelectric, has restarted work on the new 230/132 kV Tabacundo (Pimampiro) transmission system, which will reinforce power reliability in the provinces of Imbabura and Carchi, and also become the interconnection point with Colombia.

• Panama’s ETESA holds public tiebreaker meeting for 230 kV Sabanitas–Panamá III project

  August 19, 2020
  Panamanian state-owned electricity transmission company, Empresa de Transmision Electrica (ETESA), held a public tiebreaker meeting to determine the order of the six proposals received for the development of the 230 kV Sabanitas–Panamá III Transmission Line and Associated Network Expansion Project.

• Colombia ISA issues green bonds for two RE integration transmission projects

  August 13, 2020
  Recently, the Colombian Interconexion Electrica (ISA) has issued its first green bonds, worth COP300 million, which will be directed towards two transmission projects on the north coast of Colombia and integrate renewable energy (RE) resources into the Sistema Interconectado Nacional (SIN) or the national interconnected system.

• EDP Brasil resumes studies to identify opportunities in Brazil’s transmission sector

  August 12, 2020
  As per news reports, the Brazilian energy firm EDP Brasil has resumed its study for identifying new growth opportunities in the transmission sector in Brazil, which had faced delays due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• TRELEC adds GIS technology to four substations in Guatemala

  August 11, 2020
  Guatemala-based Transportista Eléctrica Centroamericana, S.A. (TRELEC)—the transmission arm of Empresa Eléctrica de Guatemala SA (EEGSA), which is a subsidiary of Colombian Empresas Públicas de Medellín E.S.P. (EPM) Group—has commissioned and operationalised the expansion of four substations in the municipalities of Guatemala.

• Terna Perú gets definitive concession for 138 kV Aguaytía–Pucallpa project in Peru

  August 10, 2020
  Peruvian Ministerio de Energía y Minas (MINEM) has granted Terna Perú, a part of Italian Terna SpA, a definitive concession for the 138 kV Aguaytía–Pucallpa Transmission Line Project.

• Brazilian ANNEL approves BRL7.4 million transmission auction to be held on December 17, 2020

  August 6, 2020
  Brazilian energy regulator, Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL), has approved the Transmission Auction Nº 1/2020, with an expected investment of BRL7.4 billion.

• ANDE completed 220 kV Villa Real substation project in Paraguay

  August 6, 2020
  Paraguay’s state-owned power company, Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), has completed the construction of the 220/66/23 kV Villa Real substation project located in Concepción.

• Brazilian Eletrobras plans to invest BRL6 billion each year till 2035

  August 4, 2020
  Under its new long-term strategy, Brazilian state-owned power company, Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. (Eletrobras), plans to invest BRL6 billion each year until 2035 to expand its power generation and transmission network in the country.

• Ecuador earns USD48 million from power exports to Colombia and Peru

  August 4, 2020
  Recently, Ecuador’s Centro Nacional de Control de Energía de la República del Ecuador (CENACE) has shared that from January to June 2020, Ecuador earned around USD48.70 million for power export (962.34 GWh of energy) to Colombia and Peru.

• CELEC EP energises mobile substations in Nueva Prosperina, Ecuador

  August 4, 2020
  Ecuador's state-owned power company, La Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC EP), via its transmission unit Transelectric, has energised two mobile substations in Nueva Prosperina, Guayaquil.

• Brazilian MME seeks public consultations for regional interconnections

  July 29, 2020
  Brazil’s Ministro de Minas e Energia (MME) or Ministry of Mines and Energy has called for two public consultations for improving the regulations associated with the export of electricity to its neighboring countries.

• Colombia opens consultation for regulatory modification of 230 kV grid link with Ecuador

  July 23, 2020
  The Colombia’s Comisión de Regulación de Energía y Gas (CREG) has opened a consultation for a proposed regulatory modification for the 230 kV interconnection with Ecuador, passing from the Jamondino (Colombia) to Pomasqui (Ecuador).

• Capacity enhancement of 66 kV Itauguá–Pirayú line progressing in Paraguay

  July 21, 2020
  As per Paraguay’s state-owned power company, Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), the works on doubling the capacity of the 66 kV Itauguá–Pirayú transmission line is progressing well.

• Bolivian ENDE awards USD10 million contract to Ingener, Siemens [free access]

  July 20, 2020
  Bolivian state energy company Empresa Nacional de Electricidad’s (ENDE) subsidiary, ENDE Transmission, has awarded a USD10 million contract to a consortium comprising of Uruguay’s Ingener and German Siemens for the development and commissioning of a 50 MVAr static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) system.