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Paz hydro project development in prefeasibility stage by Guatemala and El Salvador

Tuesday, February 8, 2011


Prefeasibility studies are under way for the 138-megawatt Paz hydro project on the border between Guatemala and El Salvador.

Spanish firm Iberinsa was awarded the contract in 2009, reports indicate.

El Salvador's CEL and Guatemala's state power utility Inde are behind the project, which would be made up of the El Jobo (72 megawatt) and Piedra de Toro (66 megawatt) hydropower plants.

Original source: Hydro World