(Prensa.com) The national secretary of Energy, Juan Manuel Urriola, today announced October 24 that the country will have the first solar power plant in July of next year and will be located in the province of Herrera.
Furthermore, on 8 November will be the key date for the tender of the first wind project in the country, to be found in the central provinces. “In Panama when no water is when we have the best winds,” he said.
Urriola made these announcements during the opening of the VI Regional Integration Forum to be held from today until next Friday in Panama City.
“Here in Panama we have virtually exhausted the subject of hydroelectricity. Large hydro is already given. It is no coincidence that Panama is becoming a champion of the interconnections, “he said.
ROAD TO THE INTERCONNECTION
On the other hand, the forum also reported that more is closer to the electrical interconnection of Panama and Colombia, who are working in the Electric Transmission Company, SA (Etesa) and Interconnection Electrica SA (ISA).
Etesa and Isa are the two companies that are responsible for carrying out the electrical interconnection project between Panama and Colombia. A line of 600 kilometers, DC, between the substations Cerromatoso in Colombia, and Panama II, in Panama, with energy transmission capacity of 600 megawatts.
With nearly 40 million people without access to electricity in Latin America, Panama became an important part of the energy integration process, said Victoriano Oxilia, executive secretary of the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) in the opening ceremony.