Australian mining company BHP Group (BHP) has announced the divestment of nearly 1,000 km of electricity transmission lines in Chile in a transaction valued at approximately USD1.5 billion. This move could signal the...
Read MorePeru’s mining company, Compañía Minera Zafranal, has submitted an application to the Peruvian Ministerio de Energía y Minas (MINEM) or Ministry of Energy and Mines, for an easement for the 220 kV Yarabamba–Zafranal transmission...
Read MoreBrazilian Ministério de Minas e Energia (MME) or Ministry of Mines and Energy, has issued Normative Ordinance No. 138/2026, updating Ordinance No. 331 of July 29, 2005, which governs the provision of market and load...
Read MoreEcuador’s state-owned power company, La Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador’s (CELEC EP) transmission unit Transelectric, has received bids from four companies – Celeo Redes, Conduto, GEV Grid, and...
Read MoreThe European Union (EU), through its financial arm, the European Investment Bank (EIB), has proposed a financing package of approximately HNL15 billion to the Honduras, as part of a broader initiative aimed at promoting...
Read MoreBrazil has inaugurated the first project in the Sistema Interligado Nacional (SIN) or National Interconnected System, with flexible alternating current transmission system (FACTS) technology, specifically a static synchronous...
Read MoreBrazilian Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE) or Energy Research Company, has released the database used to identify busbars eligible for locational bonuses under the Leilão de Reserva de Capacidade 2026 (LRCAP 2026) or...
Read MoreBolivia’s ENDE Transmisión, a subsidiary of Empresa Nacional de Electricidad (ENDE) Corporación, has completed the modernisation of its supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and substation automation...
Read MoreChile’s Ministerio de Energía or the Ministry of Energy, has reported the environmental approval of five power projects in the Ñuble region in April 2026, comprising solar generation, electricity transmission and battery...
Read MoreVoltalia, a French renewable energy company, has signed a Contrato de Uso do Sistema de Transmissão (CUST) or Transmission System Use Agreement, with Brazil’s national electric system operator Operador Nacional do Sistema...
Read MoreBrazilian environmental enforcement agency, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Ibama) or Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, awarded an installation licence (IL)...
Read MoreEcuador’s state-owned power company, La Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador’s (CELEC EP), has implemented a special priority maintenance programme across key assets of the Sistema Nacional de...
Read MoreChina Southern Power Grid (CSG), China’s second largest transmission company, has dropped its plan to acquire a controlling stake in Chilean power transmission utility, Transelec SA, following nearly two years of...
Read MoreBrazil’s largest integrated power company, Axia Energia (formerly Eletrobras), is advancing an investment programme of BRL9 billion in transmission infrastructure projects across Brazil, with works focused on...
Read MoreBrazil’s power transmission company, Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica SA (TAESA), has energised the Ananaí transmission project, following the issuance of energisation clearance by the country’s national electric system...
Read MoreBrazil’s Ministério de Minas e Energia (MME) or Ministry of Mines and Energy, has issued a normative ordinance establishing guidelines for the country’s first large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity reserve...
Read MoreBrazil’s Tangará Project has reached a new milestone with the completion of an additional development phase in May 2026, reinforcing electricity transmission capacity and system integration across the states of Maranhão and...
Read MoreBrazilian Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE) or Energy Research Company, has published the 2026 edition of the Statistical Yearbook of Electricity, with the base year as 2025. The publication provides a comprehensive overview...
Read MoreThe Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has proposed a regional technical cooperation initiative to help governments across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to strengthen the transmission planning, regulatory...
Read MorePeruvian Consorcio Transmantaro S.A. (CTM), a subsidiary of Colombian Interconexión Eléctrica (ISA), has secured approval of the detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA-d) for the 220 kV Belaunde Terry–Tarapoto Norte...
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