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“In order to reactivate projects in the electricity sector after a semi-paralysis during the de facto government, a delegation made up of executives and technicians from the Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy and the National Electricity Company (ENDE), carried out an inspection of the Substation and the Oruro Photovoltaic Solar Plant ”, states the Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy of Bolivia in its web portal.
The Plant is located at 3,735 meters above sea level, and is located in the department of Oruro, 41 kilometers from the city of the same name. The Oruro photovoltaic solar plant project was originally 50 MW, was tendered by the local government in April 2016 and required an investment of $ 54.7 million. It was financed by the French Development Agency (AFD, the European Union and the Central Bank of Bolivia.
Its execution was carried out by ENDE Corporación, and the Spanish TSK Electrónica y Electricidad is in charge of the EPC. The beginning of the construction of the first stage took place in August 2018 , and it is already in commercial operation, injecting energy into the National Interconnected System - SIN.
In 2019 , the expansion of the project was approved by another 50 MW , so, with 100 MW, Oruro Solar is, to date, the largest photovoltaic project in the country. This second phase required an investment of 54.7 million dollars and its construction was awarded to TSK again.
The Solar Plant is part of the National Interconnected System of Bolivia, connected through a 115 kV double-circuit high voltage line, from the Oruro Solar Substation to the Pagador Substation, with a distance of approximately 41 kilometers. |
