El Salvador modular energy

Who owns El Salvador's electricity?

CEL is an independent, public electric utility in charge of developing, conserving, managing, and using the energy resources of El Salvador. Clean energy is generated in four hydropower plants located at diferent points in the Lempa River basin. ETESAL is El Salvador’s transmission system owner.

How much electricity is produced in El Salvador?

The institution currently has a total installed capacity of 204.4 MW and a net production equivalent to 21.8% of the electrical energy produced in El Salvador. CECSA, a CEL subsidiary, is a company dedicated to the generation of electrical energy through small hydropower plants.

What energy sources does El Salvador use?

El Salvador is increasingly turning to indigenous renewable sources of energy such as hydropower, biomass, solar PV and geothermal energy. In 2019, more than two-thirds of the country’s total energy supply came from imported fossil fuels.

What is El Salvador's Energy Cabinet?

The Energy Cabinet is composed by the Presidential Commissioner for Operations and Government Cabinet, MINEC, CNE, CEL, SIGET and the DC. Until the 1990s, El Salvador maintained a vertically integrated structure in its power sector, with CEL as the country’s only state-owned generator.

Does El Salvador have a renewable resource potential?

While the country has recently made significant advances in diversifying its energy supply, much of its renewable resource potential remains untapped. In terms of installed power capacity, by 2019, El Salvador’s solid biomass had reached 298 MW while biogas totalled nearly 7 MW (IRENA, 2020a).

Can geothermal energy be used in El Salvador?

The promotion and production of geothermal energy in El Salvador will be a key area of focus. Despite a long tradition of geothermal energy use, its development has slowed in recent years with a limited number of new projects for power generation or heating applications brought online.