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Seven companies bid for Peru's Iquitos thermal project

15/05/2013 ProInversion, the Peruvian state agency that promotes private investment, has confirmed there are seven companies bidding for t...

Uruguay government plans to promote solar PV

13/05/2013 Uruguay has made it clear it wishes to diversify its generation mix. To this end the government will be promoting the installat...

Peru gives go ahead for phase 2 of geothermal exploration

10/05/2013 Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines has authorised Hot Rock Peru Limited to proceed with the second phase of its exploration of...

Paraguay’s Villa Hayes substation needs more transmission capacity

08/05/2013 Paraguay's Villa Hayes substation (SEVH) and 500 kV link are close to completion, but the government is concerned that there is...

MPX and Canadian partner build new gas-fired thermal plant in Brazil

07/05/2013 Brazilian company MPX is to build a gas-fired power station in the northern state of Maranhao, in partnership with a subsidiary...

GE wins $895m wind contract in Brazil

07/05/2013

Bioenergy Geradora de Energia has awarded GE an $895.3m contract to supply wind turbines for its projects.

SN Power sells stake in Chilean wind farm to LAP

06/05/2013 Norway’s SN Power has sold its stake in the Totoral wind farm to Latin American Power (LAP) of Brazil.-, located in the North o...

Minister voices concern over capacity shortfall in Chile

03/05/2013 Chile's minister of Energy, Jorge Bunster, has expressed his concern over the current pace of the country’s energy development ...

Uruguay’s state utility orders two Siemens turbine-generator packages

30/04/2013 Germany’s Siemens Energy is to supply two SGT5-2000E gas turbines, plus their associated generators, to Uruguay’s 535 MW Punta ...

Article: Large-scale hydro still important to Latin America

29/04/2013 The majority of Latin American countries are undertaking an important restructuring of their energy systems, increasing the con...

Potencia

La interconexión con Brasil permitirá a Uruguay exportar excedentes de energía

29/04/2013 Las obras para la interconexión eléctrica de 500 MW entre Uruguay y Brasil siguen su curso. Así, en 2014 los uruguayos podrán i...

Petrobras y SunEdison construirán una de las mayores plantas solares de Brasil

26/04/2013 La empresa Petrobras y el proveedor de energía solar SunEdison han firmado un convenio para la construcción de una de las princ...

Enel construirá un parque eólico de 130 MW en Chile

24/04/2013 La empresa italiana Enel se ha adjudicado a través de su filial Enel Green Power la construcción de un parque eólico de 130 MW ...

Iberdrola reduce su producción eléctrica en América Latina

22/04/2013 La empresa española Iberdrola redujo en el primer trimestre de 2013 su generación eléctrica en los países latinoamericanos. En ...

Los países de Latinoamérica continúan su apuesta por las renovables

19/04/2013 Latinoamérica acomete un proceso de modernización de su estructura energética en el que las energías no contaminantes represent...

Comienza a operar el parque eólico de Sento Se en Brasil

16/04/2013 La empresa pública Companhia Hidro Eletrica do São Francisco (Chesf) y la firma Brennand Energia han puesto en funcionamiento e...

Artículo Especial: Chile lucha por lograr un 20 por ciento de fuentes renovables en 2020

12/04/2013 El gobierno de Chile se ha marcado un ambicioso objetivo de cara a 2020. La meta es conseguir que para ese año la matriz energé...

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