Tag: Argentina

Argentina gets $1 B loan for power transmission expansion

Argentina: The Argentine government plans to increase the capacity of the national power transmission grid using a $1.14 B loan approved by IDB.

Argentina approves transmission project plan, cites $1 B IDB credit line

Argentina, Buenos Aires: Argentina’s federal energy department approved a transmission plan that involves work in all the country's provinces.

Argentina restarts work on stalled 500 kV transmission project

Argentina will recommence work on the stalled 500 kV transmission line being constructed in the north-eastern part of the country.

Abengoa completes challenging project in Argentina

Abengoa has completed the execution and commissioning of a new transmission project in Argentina through its Argentinian subsidiary Teyma Abengoa.

95 MW cogeneration plant in Argentina up and running

Argentina: Argentina’s power generator Central Puerto S.A. has started commercial operation of its new Luján de Cuyo cogeneration plant.

Argentina to expand transmission capacity

Argentina: The Argentinian government unveiled several new projects to boost the country's transmission capacity.

Argentina to expand transmission capacity

Argentina: The Argentinian government unveiled several new projects to boost the country's transmission capacity.

Power blackout in Argentina

South America’s power blackout raised questions about the stability and security of the power infrastructure in Argentina, country most affected by the outage.

$482 M hydro project to start in Argentina

Argentina: San Juan power company EPSE has awarded the construction of the 75 MW El Tambolar hydro project in Argentina for $482 M to a consortium.

Argentina launches tender for 500 kV transmission line

Argentina is on the lookout for builders and operators of a 500 kV transmission line meant improve the national grid ahead of a planned renewable energy boom.

Chinese company to expand solar park in Jujuy, Argentina

Argentine province of Jujuy and the Chinese company Power China and Shanghai Electric have signed a MoU for addition of 200 MW to the Cauchari solar complex.

Abengoa wins substation extension contract in Argentina

Argentina: Abengoa has been awarded a contract by AESA to perform the works for the expansion of the 132 kV substation of the Villa María thermal power plant.

Abengoa to build a substation 4,000 meters above sea level

Argentina: Abengoa has been selected to develop a new electrical transmission project in Argentina’s remote northwest province of Jujuy.

Abengoa wins interconnection contract for a wind farm in Argentina

Argentina, Patagonia: Abengoa has been awarded a contract by Aluar, the company engaged in the aluminium sector, for the installation of a substation and the section of line that proceeds to a wind farm that Aluar is building in Puerto Madryn in Argentine Patagonia.

Abengoa wins $30M transformer station contract in Argentina

Argentine, Buenos Aires: Abengoa has been awarded a contract by Transener SA, Argentine high-voltage electric transmission company, to build a new transformer station in the town of 25 de mayo in the east of the country, in the Buenos Aires Province.

Abengoa completes transformer station project for a new steel plant

Argentina: Abengoa, an international energy company, has received the Provisional Acceptance Certificate for an electrical installation for a steel plant in the Rosario region of the Santa Fe Province, Argentina.

First of three transformers arrives from Portugal to Salto Grande

Argentina: One of the three single-phase power transformers arrived to the Salto Grande hydropower facility as part of the upgrade project of the entire hydroelectric complex located on the Uruguay River between Concordia, Argentina and Salto, Uruguay.

Edenor investing $44M in new transformers across Pilar district

Argentina, Buenos Aires: Argentina’s largest electricity distributor, Edenor, will be investing $44 million over the next five years in a project that will oversee numerous transformer installations throughout the district of Pilar.

Abengoa wins transformer station expansion project in Argentina

Argentina: Abengoa has been awarded a transformer station extension project by the Management Committee of Fideicomiso de Obras de Transporte de Argentina (FOTAE).

Abengoa upgrading transformer stations in Argentina

Argentina: Abengoa has been awarded a $2 million transformer station extension project by the Management Committee of Fideicomiso de Obras de Transporte de Argentina (FOTAE).

$49M substation and transmission projects awarded in Argentina

Spanish engineering and construction company Abengoa has been awarded contracts to design and install two power transmission projects in Argentina at a total value of $49M.

EBY delivers new transformer station in Garupa, Argentina

Argentina, Misiones: A new 33/13.2 kV transformer station has been delivered by Entidad Binacional Yacyretá (Yacyreta Binational Entity) to the provincial electric utility, Electricidad de Misiones SA, located at Nodo Vial in Garupa, in the Argentine province of Misiones.

Puerto de Santa Fe to be upgraded with a new power transformer

Argentina, Santa Fe: The Port of Santa Fe (Puerto de Santa Fe) transformer station in the Argentine province of Santa Fe will receive a capacity upgrade with an additional power transformer.

Lujan’s officials inaugurated upgraded transformer station

Argentina, Buenos Aires: The works on the expansion of Lujan’s transformer station II in the Buenos Aires province have been completed, helping increase the energy power in the city.

SAPEM installs a new transformer in Catamarca capital

Argentina, Catamarca: Catamarca Province Governor and president of the local energy company EC SAPEM oversaw the work on the installation of a 20 MVA transformer at the South transformer station located in the province capital San Fernando del Valle.