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Hydropower
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Hydraulic energy
One of the oldest and most widely used technologies in the world, using the potential energy of water stored behind dams or flowing in run-of-the-river plants. It is extremely reliable to use and highly flexible, adapting to variations in demand, with a negligible environmental impact.
Projects in operation
- Hydraulic plant Torito (Costa Rica)
- Potencia instalada: 50 MW
- Location: Turrialba, province of Cartago
- In operation: since 2015
- Hidraulic plant La Joya (Costa Rica)*
- Potencia instalada: 50 MW
- Location: Turrialba, province of Cartago
- In operation: since 2006 until 2023
*Services provided since 2006 until 2023
- Hydraulic plant Algarrobos (Panamá)
- Installed capacity: 9.96 MW
- Location: province of Chiriquí
- In operation: since 2006
- Hydraulic plant Dolega (Panamá)
- Installed capacity: 3 MW
- Location: province of Chiriquí
- In operation: since 2001
The Panamá plants are operated remotely from the hydraulic plant Dolega.
- Hydraulic plant Yeguada (Panamá)
- Installed capacity: 6.6 MW
- Location: province of Veraguas
- In operation: since 1967
- Hydraulic plant Macho de Monte (Panamá)
- Installed capacity: 2.5 MW
- Location: province of Chiriquí
- In operation: since 2001
O&M
- Hydraulic plant Bujagali (Uganda)*
- Installed capacity: 250 MW
- Location: Njeru, Buikwe
- In operation: since 2012
*Services provided since 2011 until 2022
- Hydraulic plant Achwa II (Uganda)*
- Installed capacity: 82 MW (41 MW in each power plant)
- Location: Angagura, Pader-Gulu
- In operation: since 2019
Project Portfolio
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