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Nicaragua Approves Expansion of Wind-Power
Project
MANAGUA – The Nicaraguan government granted
the Amayo energy consortium a license to
build, operate and maintain a wind farm in
the southern part of the country, the Energy
and Mines Ministry said Tuesday.
The permit, approved last Friday by
government energy authorities, was awarded
to execute the second phase of the wind
farm, where the consortium intends to
install 11 wind generators to produce 23.1
MW of power, the ministry said.
Amayo currently generates 40 MW of
electricity with 19 wind generators, each of
which is 126 meters (410 feet) high and
weight 400 metric tons.
The project calls for an investment of $55
million by Amayo, a consortium made up of
Nicaraguan, Guatemalan and U.S. investors.
The Energy and Mines Ministry had canceled
the provisional expansion permit for Amayo
arguing that the firm had begun construction
of the infrastructure to install at least 11
power generators without authorization.
The Nicaraguan government on Aug. 20 had
authorized the international consortium to
conduct feasibility studies for the
project’s expansion and eight days later it
cancelled the license.
That license has now been approved anew,
however, and Amayo thanked the Nicaraguan
government agencies “for their efforts to
help (ensure) that the project can proceed.”
Nicaragua relies on petroleum derivatives
for 80 percent of its energy. EFE |
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