El Salvador aims high, expands solar power
El Salvador aims high, expands solar power
07/11/2012
El Salvador is looking up to the sun to try and ease its burden of energy bills with a program of solar power for electricity and heat joining up with the national grid.
State-run utility Comision Ejecutiva Hidroelectrica del Rio Lempa said it would set up the Central American nation's first utility-scale solar and wind projects to diversify its energy mix.
The company known as CEL announced it plans to auction development rights for a 14.2-megawatt solar farm in 2013 and for a 42-megawatt wind farm the following year.
El Salvador's quest for alternatives to hydrocarbons has taken the country to different directions. Faced with tough choices for new hydroelectric power generation capacity, the country has looked at wind farms and solar energy.
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