The state-owned Electricity Corporation of Ecuador (Celec) issued an invitation to international suppliers to acquire “specialized software for the evaluation of wind resources in complex terrain.”
Ecuador announced that it will look abroad for cutting-edge technology to strengthen a wind generation plan, which will allow it to expand its electricity production with renewable energy.
Therefore, the state Electricity Corporation of Ecuador (Celec) made public this Friday an invitation to international suppliers to acquire “specialized software for the evaluation of wind resources in complex terrain.”
It is anticipated that, after the International competition, the contract for the acquisition of the specialized software, as indicated by Celec in a statement.
This technology will allow the South American country to measure the weather conditions in different regions of the country and evaluate the possibility of executing projects to take advantage of the wind resource in the electricity generation.
At the moment, Celec has carried out field investigations in several Ecuadorian provinces with the aim of increasing the inventory of energy resources in the country, which can nurture a Electricity Generation Expansion Plan.
In the Sierra Celec it has installed meteorological wind measurement towers in provinces such as Loja, Azuay, Cañar, Cotopaxi and Pichincha; while in the coastal zone it has identified potential sites in Esmeraldas, Manabí, Santa Elena, Guayas and El Oro.
The bulk of the electricity generation of Ecuador comes from their hydroelectric plants, followed by plants that consume fuels and the so-called renewable energies such as wind and solar.
The so-called Electricity Master Plan plans to expand the country’s generation with non-conventional renewable energy projects such as the photovoltaic resources (solar), wind, geothermal and the use of biomass.
