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El Salvador also has one wind farm at 54 MW and five biogas plants with 8.35 MW. In addition, the country operates a large liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant with 387.70
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El Salvador 's energy sector is largerly focused on renewables. El Salvador is the largest producer of geothermal energy in Central America. Except for hydroelectric generation, which is almost totally owned and operated by the public company CEL (Comisión Hidroeléctrica del Río Lempa), the rest of the generation capacity is in private hands.
Gross electricity generation in 2006 was 5,195 GWh, of which 40% came from traditional thermal sources, 38% from hydroelectricity, 20% from geothermal sources, and 2% from biomass. In 2006, total electricity sold in El Salvador was 4,794 GWh, which corresponds to 702kWh annual per capita consumption.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is currently providing technical assistance to El Salvador in several electricity-related initiatives: World Bank, 2002. CEPAL, 2007. Istmo Centroamericano: Estadísticas del Subsector Eléctrico Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
