Environmental license granted to Ecuador-Peru Electrical Interconnection project

The Electric Corporation of Ecuador (Celec EP) reported this Friday that it obtained the environmental license issued by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE) for the project Ecuador-Peru Electrical Interconnection at 500,000 volts, which will allow regional energy integration.

Obtaining the environmental license is a milestone in the development of the project, since it is an enabling document for its execution, he indicated. celec.

He noted that it is also a requirement for the achievement of the financingthrough multilateral organizations that will grant the creditswhich will allow the construction of the project.

The work requires an investment of 289 million dollars, of which the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will grant 125 million dollars and the European Investment Bank (EIB) another 125 million dollars.

The difference will be managed with the company’s own resources. CELEC EPindicated the Corporation.

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TECHNICAL DATA

The Ecuador-Peru Electrical Interconnectionat 500,000 volts, will make it possible to carry out energy exchanges between the two countries, take advantage of hydrological complementarity, will contribute to a greater security of electricity supply, and will generate economic benefits for the Ecuadorian electricity sector, noted celec.

This extra high voltage system, which will cross the provinces of Guayas and Goldincludes the development of the following works in four phases: Transmission line (Chorrillos-Pasaje 500 thousand volts)207 kilometers long.

In addition, expansion of the Chorrillos substation, line bay 500 thousand volts; new electrical substation in Passage (The Gold)500/230 thousand volts of 600 KVA of capacity, and transmission line Passage-Border500 thousand volts, 77 kilometers long.

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REGIONAL INTERCONNECTION

The construction of this system will generate direct and indirect employment in Ecuador, with more than a thousand jobs, which will reactivate the economy in the areas of influence of the development of the works, he said. celec.

Its entry into operation will displace thermal generation with subsidized fuels, thereby reducing carbon emissions.

Additionally, its development will allow the Regional Energy Integration in South Americapromoting the establishment of a subregional electricity market, in accordance with the regulation of the Andean Community, which seeks to facilitate electricity exchanges in the region, Celec recalled.

Source: Elcomercio

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