Termoesmeraldas calls off Shushufindi feasibility tender - Ecuador
Termoesmeraldas calls off Shushufindi feasibility tender - Ecuador
Saturday, November 21, 2009
(BNamericas.com) - Ecuadorian state generator Termoesmeraldas has declared void the bidding process to carry out feasibility studies for the 132MW Shushufindi thermo project.
The process was called off after no offers were submitted, according to a statement from state power generation holding company Celec.
Celec said it plans to launch a new tender for the three month contract, which entails validating or correcting prefeasibility studies along with topographical and geophysical work.
The plant would use reduced crude from the Amazonas refinery operated by state oil company Petroecuador's refining subsidiary Petroindustrial.
Output would help cover demand in Francisco de Orellana and Sucumbíos provinces as well as oil sector demand....
Nuclear power has low environmental impact - study - Chile
Saturday, November 21, 2009
(BNamericas.com) - A new study on the feasibility of introducing nuclear energy in Chile concluded that the power source has vast potential and minimal environmental risk, Chile's national energy commission CNE said in ... more
Sixteen attend first project meeting for CFE coal supply tender - Mexico
Saturday, November 21, 2009
(BNamericas.com) - Fifteen firms and a representative of the Australian government attended the first tender meeting held by Mexico's state power company CFE for the acquisition of up to 6.24Mt of steam coal between 201... more
Salta launches renewables study - Argentina
Saturday, November 21, 2009
(BNamericas.com) - Argentina's Salta province has launched a study into the use of renewable power in conjunction with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
The study will look at the feasibility and environmen... more
Pampa, YPF sign US$29mn agreement for Neuquén block - Argentina
Saturday, November 21, 2009
(BNamericas.com) - Pampa Energía (NYSE: PAM) subsidiary Petrolera Pampa will invest US$29mn in Argentine oil company YPF's Rincón del Mangrullo block in Argentina's Neuquén province, Pampa Energía said in a statement. <... more
CFE tender for 115kV lines in Guerrero, Edomex draws three firms - Mexico
Saturday, November 21, 2009
(BNamericas.com) - Three firms have purchased bidding rules for the international tender launched by Mexican state power company CFE for two 115kV transmission lines and three 115kV substations in Guerrero and Mexico (E... more
Blackout no concern to us, says Argentine minister - Argentina, Brazil
Saturday, November 21, 2009
(BNamericas.com) - A massive blackout that left 18 Brazilian states in the dark on November 10 should not worry anyone in Argentina, planning minister Julio de Vido said.
"Brazil has the capacity necessary to satisf... more
Government adds transmission projects to Reidi program - Brazil
Saturday, November 21, 2009
(BNamericas.com) - Brazil's mines and energy ministry has added new power transmission projects to the government's special infrastructure development incentives program known as Reidi.
Under the program, works to i... more
IN BRIEF Companies present green energy project - Argentina
Saturday, November 21, 2009
(BNamericas.com) - Energy companies True Green Energy Group and NT Energy are set to meet officials from Argentina's government to discuss the implementation of a new technology called Biosphere, Spectrum Blue Steel sai... more