Ecuador launches tender for concession of up to 200 MW energy renewable energy projects

The Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR) of Ecuador has launched the Public Selection Process (PPS) for the concession to the private sector of a block of Non-Conventional Renewable Energies (ERNC), with a potential of 200 MW (megawatts).

 The MERNNR has a portfolio of 24 electric power projects, through the use of non-conventional renewable resources, which have definitive, feasibility, and pre-feasibility studies.

These are projects that will take advantage of resources such as the power of rivers and wind, solar radiation, and biomass for the generation of clean energy, through hydroelectric projects of up to 50 megawatts, photovoltaic, wind, and biomass. These projects are located in different regions, depending on the primary resource available, site conditions, environmental, and logistics.

A private investment of up to US$300 million is expected, as well as the transfer of cutting-edge technology for the use of these energy sources and the development of new jobs.

This block includes the concession of small hydroelectric projects such as: Angamarca - Sidne (30 MW), in Cotopaxi; Caluma - Pasagua (4.03 MW) and Tigreurco (3.44 MW), in Bolívar; Juvial - Púlpito (27 MW), in Cañar; Infiernillos (19.64 MW s) and Huapamala (5.20 m MW), in Loja.

According to the schedule established for the Public Selection Process, within 237 business days the companies that assume the concession of the projects or the declaration of desertion of the processes will be known.