El Salvador renewable energy auction 2014
On 4th of November Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones (SIGET) and Consejo Nacional de Energía (CNE) issued a call of tender for 15 MW of renewable energy projects. The winners of the tender were announced on 11 February 2014.
Summary of the auction results:
Technology | Number of projects awarded | Cumulative capacity awarded (MW) | Average price in USD/MWh |
Solar PV | 31 | 12.36 | 181 |
Small hydro | 2 | 0.5 | 161.75 |
Biogas | 2 | 0.45 | 228 |
Total | 35 | 13.31 | - |
Remaining capacity (1.69 MW) will be allocated to the residential renewable systems of up to 5 kW size.
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