The Argentine company Impsa started the project rehabilitation and modernization in hydroelectric plants Macagua and Tocoma, located in the state of Bolívar. The initiative has the goal of incorporating 672 megawatts (MW) into the national electricity generation network within a period of 24 months.
Through its Instagram account, the company shared the details of the official presentation of its project, which took place at the Macagua facilities and included the participation of business government representatives from Venezuela, as well as the United States and Argentina.
The interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguezled the announcement from Caracas, while authorities from the Venezuelan electricity sector and US representatives met at the headquarters of the hydroelectric plant.
The work in Macagua will focus on the comprehensive recovery of the generating units 4, 5 and 6which will allow the restoration of a total of 240MW of power to the hydroelectric plant.
In the case of Tocomathe units 1 and 2, which will provide a total of 432 MW. Likewise, Impsa reported that the civil works associated with this infrastructure will simultaneously begin.
The activity was attended by the president of Impsa, Juan Salcedo; the Minister of Electric Energy of Venezuela, Rolando Alcalaand the president of Corpoelec, Juan Crisóstomo Fernández.
The American delegation was made up of John Barrettchargé d’affaires of the United States for Venezuela, and Rachel Brazieran economist at the Department of Energy. Other officials and representatives of the business sector also attended the event.
The project arose from the agreement signed between Impsa and Corpoelec last August 12. In said agreement, the firm committed to recovering, in a first stage, 160 MW in Macagua through the incorporation of the generators 5 and 6within 90 days of signing.
In a second phase planned for the Macagua plant, the Argentine company planned to add 80 MW additional to the system after the rehabilitation of the unit 4a process that will take about 12 months.
According to data provided by the company, the execution of this project will require the hiring of more than 1,000 workers.
In the long term, Impsa and Corpoelec estimate to reach up to 2,640 MW of capacity between Tocoma and Macagua, a goal that will depend on new execution phases.
