Ende: investment in power projects amounting to 1,000 million

     La Paz, July 7 (ABI) -. Manager at the National Electricity Company (Ende) Corporation, Arturo Iporre, reported Monday that the power projects currently running in the country claimed more than 1,000 million investment dollars.

     "Currently we are executing projects as Ende Corporation will spend 1,000 million dollars," he said in a contact Red Patria Nueva.

     Ende Manager to achieve anticipated that the Patriotic Events Scheduled in Bicentennial, which plans to export electricity targets by 2025 is expected to run an additional investment of between 1,500 and 2,000 million.

     Iporre explained that at present thermoelectric Bulo Bulo constructed in Cochabamba, South Tarija and Santa Cruz Warnes, among the three that will add more than 450 megawatts to the national grid (SIN).

     On the other hand, said the August 5 proposals for the construction of two hydroelectric plants in La Paz, part of the "Miguillas" project, which will add 200 megawatts to the INS is presented.

     He also noted that the final design for the construction of Rositas hydroelectric complex in Santa Cruz, which will generate more than 500 megawatts has already started.

     He stressed that the project will leverage Rositas the Rio Grande basin in the east, but also will enable more than 200,000 hectares for irrigated crops.

     He also said that alternative energy projects such as wind and solar, he began to increase the reserves of electricity in the country.

     Bolivia seeks to export about 3,000 megawatts of electricity by 2025, as part of the Bicentennial Patriotic Agenda, founded in the "Living Well", the active ingredient of the new Plurinational State.
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