(Fitch Ratings, 27.May.2020) — The economic contraction due to the coronavirus exacerbates the negative revenue effect of the rate freeze in place on Chilean power projects with regulated power purchase agreements (PPAs), Fitch Ratings says. The pandemic and efforts to contain the virus are expected to push the country into […]
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JPS Promises Improved Power Supply After $116 Million Grid Investment
(Jamaica Gleaner,11.Nov.2018) — The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is promising a more reliable power supply with an improved and more reliable grid in which it has invested $116 million this year. In a release, JPS said a major part of the improvement will come from the construction of an […]
CNEL EP Names Veintimilla General Manager
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 13.Aug.2018) – The National Electricity Corporation (CNEL EP) named Wilfrido Demetrio Veintimilla Terreros, a professional with 41 years of experience in the electricity sector, as its new General Manager. The decision was revealed on August 13, 2018 by the Board of Directors of the company, […]
Bolivia To Start Work on Transmission Line to Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 26.Jul.2018) – In two or three weeks, Bolivia expects to start work on an electrical transmission line that will allow it to export energy to Argentina. The lines could be finished in 2019 and allow the small land-locked country to export between 80 and 120 […]
Pampa EnergÃa Inaugurates 1st Wind Farm
(Pampa EnergÃa S.A., 24.May.2018) – Pampa EnergÃa S.A. inaugurated its first Wind Farm named Engineer Mario Cebreiro (‘PEMC’), which given the technology and size, it is also the first project to reach such milestone under Renovar 1 program. The opening counted on the presence of President of Argentina Mauricio Macri, […]