El Salvador seeks solar power in bid to cut power bills

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.


Source: Cospp