en.Wedoany.com Reported - Bolivia's state-owned power company, ENDE, has advanced the Planta Solar Chichas photovoltaic power plant project and awarded the contract for pre-investment technical design study (EDTP) consulting services. According to information on the company's procurement portal, the process has included an award resolution for this service.
According to official information from Bolivia's Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy, the photovoltaic power plant has an installed capacity of 120 MW and is planned to be built in the city of Tupiza, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, specifically on approximately 110 hectares of land in the Hornillos agricultural community. Project execution is under the responsibility of ENDE.
The project has secured $110 million in financing from the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF). The funds approved by the institution will be used for the plant's infrastructure and equipment components, including the solar power plant, photovoltaic equipment, interconnection system with the National Interconnected System (SIN), civil and electrical engineering, and ancillary services.
According to information released by CAF, the plant's annual power generation is approximately 279,000 MWh, which can meet the electricity demand equivalent to 318,000 SIN users. The project will replace natural gas-based thermal power generation with solar power.
According to information released by CAF, the project has been included in the "2024-2050 National Interconnected System Expansion Plan." According to this plan, the share of renewable energy in Bolivia's electricity mix must reach 75% by 2032.
For reference, ENDE stated that it currently operates four solar power plants: the 100 MW Oruro plant, the 60 MW Uyuni I plant, the 5 MW Yunchará plant, and the 5 MW Cobija plant. Last October, the Uyuni solar plant was expanded by 2.5 MW, bringing its total capacity to 62.5 MW.
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