Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-29-1996
Abstract
In mid-August, the heads of Central America's electricity institutes met in Managua to review progress on plans to integrate the region's electric generation and distribution systems into one massive electricity grid. The project, which aims to provide all the Central American countries with a constant flow of electricity derived from cheap and sustainable energy sources, will be completed by the year 2001 at a cost of about US$500 million. The six Central American governments--including Panama but excluding Belize--began drawing up plans to integrate their electricity systems after regional dependence on petroleum-generated electricity surged to unprecedented levels during the first half of the 1990s. The sharp escalation in petroleum-based energy consumption is largely the result of adverse climatic conditions and extensive
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Ecocentral Writers. "CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES PLAN A REGIONALLY INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION." (1996). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/la_energy_notien/144
