Work begins on the largest photovoltaic solar power plant in Bolivia

Construction site of photovoltaic solar power station, 45 kilometers from the city / GAD-ORU

Yesterday, the opening ceremony of the construction of the Solar power plant was developed Photovoltaic in its first phase in Oruro, which plans to become the largest in Bolivia. The works will generate 60% of the electrical energy demanded by the Oruro Department, to be built 45 kilometers from the city of Oruro with funding of over 39 million US dollars.

With the construction of the aforementioned 50 megawatt (MW) plant in its first phase, Oruro be integrated into the national interconnected system, and with the conclusion of the two projected phases, it will be incorporated into the largest solar power plant in the country, on the basis of information provided by the National Electricity Company (ENDE) Corporación de Bolivia

The works will be executed by the Spanish company TSK Electrnica y Electricidad SA, and will be supervised and supervised by the subsidiary ENDE Guaracachi SA and the Tractebel-Lahmeyer consortium, respectively

. USD 39,581,475.86, to be financed by the French Development Agency (AFD), the European Union (EU) and the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB).

This project of impact, which will be located 45 kilometers from the city of Oruro, the Joya Road of the department of Oruro enjoy the solar radiation of the Bolivian highlands, l 39; one of the highest in the world, include the installation of about 150,000 solar panels, a fixed panel system of 46 investors, estimating a production of 105,000 MWh / year, with a lifetime of 25 years

The production of clean and renewable electricity through this plant, reducing the amount of more than 87 MW According to Vctor Governor Hugo Vsquez, the governor of Oruro Vctor Hugo Vsquez Mamani was present; the Deputy Minister of Electricity and Alternative Energies, Jos Bismar Canelas Revollo and the state authorities ENDE.

The deputy minister noted that the country has between 500 and 600 megawatts of reserve, and pointed to the growth of domestic demand in 2006 700 megawatts, however now it reaches 1,500, while the generation is more than 3,000 megawatts and invites young entrepreneurs to form businesses and industries because the "surplus" energy for the domestic market and for export.

Meanwhile, Vctor Governor Hugo Vsquez, maintained that Oruro had never had such an infrastructure. "Oruro has launched a new energy production cycle to be self-sufficient and export it".