Energy in Central America

  • Latin America facing energy credit crunch

    PERU, 2013/11/10 Latin America's Atlantic nations face a credit vacuum for next energy projects amid rising political and economic uncertainty, according to Peruvian pension fund group Asociación de AFP. Speaking during the 10th BNamericas Southern Cone Energy Summit in Lima on Thursday, the association's president Luis Valdivieso Montano said lenders had begun to separate the region's key markets. He cited Colombia, Chile, Peru, Panama and Mexico as nations that are being prioritized by financial institutions.

  • Guatemala’s National Electrification Institute

    GUATEMALA, 2013/01/17 Guatemala’s National Electrification Institute (INDE in Spanish) plans to restart the Xalalá hydroelectric project, located on the Chixoy river in the department of Quiché, and in relation to which tenders should be submitted by February 13. The government wants to generate electricity for local consumption and for export to Mexico.

  • Costa Rica’s past and future clash over energy

    COSTA RICA, 2012/12/28 According to a lot of energy experts, Costa Rica can achieve a power generating capacity based completely on clean and renewable sources of energy by taking a simple step: promote additional private investment in the generation private of renewable energy.
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