Latin America News

Latest news and developments from Latin America region

• Brazilian INEMA issues license to Neoenergia for 500 kV line in Bahia

  March 29, 2022
  The environmental authority of Brazilian state of Bahia Instituto do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos (INEMA) or Institute of Environment and Water Resources has issued a preliminary license to the Brazilian utility Neoenergia SA for developing a transmission line in Bahia.

• Brazilian GBS raises BRL600 million for three transmission projects

  March 29, 2022
  GBS Participacoes S.A., a subsidiary of Sterlite Brazil Participacoes SA, has raised BRL600 million through a green debenture issue to finance three transmission line projects in Brazil at a more competitive capital cost.

• Peruvian MINEM holds first reassignment of 28 transmission projects

  March 29, 2022
  Peru’s Ministerio de Energía y Minas (MIMEM) or the Ministry of Energy and Mines has launched the first reassignment call of the 28 power transmission projects in order to accelerate the execution of projects under the responsibility of the companies under the scope of the Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento de la Actividad Empresarial del Estado (FONAFE) or the National Fund for Financing Government Enterprise Activity.

• Paraguayan ANDE conducts preventive maintenance at two substations

  March 28, 2022
  The state-run electricity company of Paraguay, Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), carried out preventive maintenance on March 27, 2022, in the department of Alto Paraná for the 66/23 kV transmission line (K15-K30) and in the San Miguel substation in the city of Asunción for the 66/23 kV power transformer no. 2.

• URS Holdings challenges CAMSA for EIS contract for Panama’s Fourth Transmission Line

  March 28, 2022
  US-based engineering and construction company URS Holdings Inc has challenged Panama’s state transmission company Empresa de Transmision Electrica’s (ETESA) resolution to award the contract for drafting the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) of the Fourth Transmission Line to Consultores Ambientales y Multiservicios, S.A. (CAMSA).

• Chilean Chilquinta submits EIS for 110 kV Alto Melipilla project

  March 24, 2022
  Chilean electric company Chilquinta Energía has submitted the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the "2×110 kV Alto Melipilla" transmission project.

• CELEC EP's Transelectric expands Quevedo substation in Ecuador

  March 24, 2022
  Ecuador's state-owned power company, La Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador’s (CELEC EP) transmission unit Transelectric has completed the expansion and modernisation of the Quevedo substation in Los Ríos province.

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

  March 24, 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 March 29 to April 18, 2022.

• Four companies submit bids for Ecuador’s USD865 million transmission project

  March 22, 2022
  Ecuador’s Ministerio de Energía y Recursos Naturales No Renovables (MERNNR) or the Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources had received four expressions of interest (EoIs) from companies belonging to three countries, including Spain, Peru and Colombia, for a USD386 million transmission project in the country.

• Chilean CGE commissions Fátima–Isla de Maipo line

  March 21, 2022
  Chilean electric utility Compañia General de Electricidad (CGE) has commissioned the 66 kV transmission line that runs from the Fátima substation in the Paine commune, to the Isla de Maipo substation.

• Chilean Enel plans to sell power transmission assets

  March 21, 2022
  Enel Chile—a unit of Italy's energy company Enel—is considering selling its transmission unit Enel Transmision Chile.

• Peru’s ProInversión prepares to award three transmission projects

  March 21, 2022
  Peru’s investment promotion agency ProInversión is preparing to award three projects that will expand and decentralise the power transmission grid with a total estimated investment of over USD1 billion.

• Yallique consortium approved to build Chile’s Kimal–Lo Aguirre HVDC line

  March 14, 2022
  Chile’s Fiscalía Nacional Económica (FNE) or National Economic Prosecutor's Office has given its approval to the Yallique consortium comprising the country’s largest transmission firm Transelec, Colombia’s Interconexión Eléctrica (ISA) and China Southern Power Grid International (CSG), to build, operate and maintain the Kimal–Lo Aguirre high voltage direct current (HVDC) line in Chile.

• Colombian GEB to invest in Brazil under USD1.1 billion plan [free access]

  March 14, 2022
  Colombian Grupo Energía Bogotá’s (GEB) plans to invest USD1.1 billion over the next years, primarily on transmission projects in Brazil.

• IaDB to fund Paraguay’s transmission system upgrade [free access]

  March 10, 2022
  The Inter-American Development Bank (IaDB) has approved a loan worth USD260 million to support the Plan Nacional de Desarollo Paraguay 2030 or Paraguay National Development Plan 2030 through the expansion of the electricity transmission system, to provide the country with sustainable, reliable and efficient energy supply.

• Indian KPTL forms Chilean subsidiary

  March 9, 2022
  India’s leading engineering, procurement and construction company Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL) has incorporated a subsidiary—Kalpataru Power Chile SpA—in Chile, being its sole owner.

• Colombian ISA initiates EIA for grid expansion works

  March 8, 2022
  Colombian energy company, Interconexión Eléctrica (ISA), has submitted the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the proposed grid expansion works of the Cerromatoso project, which is one of 29 transmission developments in ISA's work portfolio.

• Transelec’s Candelaria–Nueva Tuniche project receives environmental approval in Chile

  March 7, 2022
  Transelec’s Nueva Tuniche electrical substation and Candelaria–Nueva Tuniche electrical transmission line project has received environmental approval in Chile.

• Panama’s ETESA awards EIS contract for Fourth Transmission Line

  March 7, 2022
  Panama’s state transmission company, Empresa de Transmision Electrica (ETESA), has awarded the contract for drafting the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) of the Fourth Transmission Line to Consultores Ambientales y Multiservicios, S.A. (CAMSA).

• Paraguayan ANDE begins meetings for Villa Hayes–Villa Real–Pozo Colorado–Loma Plata project

  March 4, 2022
  The state—run electricity company of Paraguay, Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), has begun a series of meetings with municipal authorities, and other social and civil organisations for the Villa Hayes–Villa Real–Pozo Colorado–Loma Plata line project.