Honduras Signs Deal with Chinese Firm on Hydro Plant
Latin American Herald Tribune
TEGUCIGALPA � The government and China�s Sinohydro signed a contract
worth $50.5 million to begin construction of one of the three
hydroelectric power plants on the Patuca River in the eastern region of
Honduras, officials said.
The contract covers the preparatory phase for the Patuca III power plant
and includes the building of the tunnel diverting river water,
construction of a camp, the building of access roads and construction of
a quarry, the manager of Honduran state-owned utility ENEE, Roberto
Martinez Lozano, said.
The document was signed Saturday night in Tegucigalpa with a delegation
from Sinohydro, Martinez Lozano said.
Preparatory work for the project could begin in the middle of this year,
the ENEE executive said.
The first power plant, which will have a generating capacity of 104 MW,
is expected to cost about $350 million and begin operating in 2014,
Martinez Lozano said.
The Honduran government and Sinohydro signed a memorandum of
understanding on Sept. 8 for construction of the three hydroelectric
power plants on the Patuca River.
Sinohydro will obtain funding from Chinese financial institutions for
construction of the three power plants, which will have total generating
capacity of 524 MW.
The Patuca River projects are part of the renewable energy program being
developed by the government to reduce dependence on thermal energy
plants, which account for 60 percent of the country's 1,400 MW of
installed generating capacity, Martinez Lozano said. EFE
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