Energía del Pacífico said it is launching an international tender process to contract long-term supplies of up to 0.5 mtpa of LNG for its power generating project in Acajutla, Republic of El Salvador.
Energía del Pacífico was awarded a 355 MW power purchase agreement with the local electricity distribution companies in El Salvador for a term of 20 years, and is building an LNG receiving terminal and a natural gas-fired power plant of up to 380 MW in the Port of Acajutla, with commercial operation date scheduled for 2018, the company informed in a statement.
The tender process will be supervised by SIGET (Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones of the Republic of El Salvador) and is requesting DES LNG supplies starting in 2019, for a 12 years term.
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