This November 30 is the deadline for EPM to put into operation two of the eight generation turbines of the Hidroituango plant. Although the company had indicated that between October 15 and 20 they would begin to generate energy, in recent days the mayor of Medellín, Daniel Quintero, and the manager of EPM, Jorge Andrés Carrillo, indicated that the commissioning would be before established maximum term.
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Now the public company has announced that it has finished the metal shielding of the first of the two tunnels that will lead the water to the generation units; andhe second is “in the final stretch,” the company said.
Likewise, they are found in phase of electrical, mechanical and hydraulic tests of the two units that should start operating in just over a month.
In the event that the work does not start operating on the maximum date established by the Creg, sanctions could be applied to the company for non-compliance with its responsibilities in charge of reliability and firm energy delivery.
Miguel Lotero, former Vice Minister of Energy explained that it is the execution of a $170 million guaranteeas well as the loss of reliability charge revenues of more than US$900 million.
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However, Jorge Valencia, director of the Creg, explained that so far they have not received any report of a delay.
This work will have a total installed capacity of 2,400 megawatts, that is, each turbine will generate 300 MW. In this way it would be one of the main electricity generation infrastructures in the country, almost doubling the current largest generation plant, El Guavio, which has 1,260 MW.
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