Electric Power: The week in 10 stories

CHILE

Senvion and Mainstream Renewable Power signed a conditional contract for 20 Senvion 4.2M148 turbines for the Alena wind farm project.

COLOMBIA

Thermopower plants generated more than a quarter of Colombia's electricity in January as an El Niño weather cycle reduced output from hydroelectric dams, official figures showed.

ECUADOR

Plans to build a 30MW run-of-the-river power plant that would straddle the Ecuadoran provinces of Napo and Pastaza in the Amazon came under increasing scrutiny.

GUYANA

Work to collect wind data has begun along Guyana's coast with results expected within one or two years.

Also in Guyana, early engineering studies are being carried out into the development of a local natural gas market that envisions supply from the country's upstream sector, with first oil expected in early 2020.

HONDURAS

The government activated early alerts to define a strategy to face a forecast prolonged drought this coming summer.

MEXICO

The US$1.2bn Yautepec-Ixtepec transmission line connecting the southern state of Oaxaca with the central region was canceled.

PANAMA

State power transmission company Etesa extended to February 22 a bidding deadline for the 230kV Panamá II-Chepo project.

PUERTO RICO

The government disclosed the initial draft of power authority PREPA's integrated resource plan (IRP) which covers energy supply and demand through 2038, and was prepared by Siemens.

REGIONAL

New tariffs in Latin America will help Spanish energy company Naturgy partially recover from the negative impact in 2018 of foreign currency depreciation in the region, group controller Jon Ganuza said.