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.
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Argentina: The Argentine government plans to increase the capacity of the national power transmission grid using a $1.14 B loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
The project involves the construction and overhaul of various local transmission lines and substations with the aim of easing the load on Argentina’s overburdened national grid.
Initial roll-out will take place in the provinces of Entre Ríos, La Pampa, Tucumán, Catamarca and Santa Fe.
The works to be carried out will be tendered in the next few weeks, energy ministry sources have reported.
The works include expanding the capacity of the Crespo-Viale line and installing two transformers in Entre Ríos; expanding the General Pico Sur substation in La Pampa; expanding the El Bracho and Villa Quinteros lines and building a new substation in Tucumán; expanding the Catamarca substation in Santa Fe, and expanding the Alumbrera-Belén line and building two substations in Catamarca.
The government also plans to conduct grid expansion works in southern Río Negro and Neuquén provinces through the electricity transport fund (FOTAE).
Source: BNamericas
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