Hydropower, Biomass, and Solar: Inside El Salvador''s Renewable Energy
"The first solar energy injections were recorded in 2016 with 60 MW, and within the following decade, the country experienced a boom in solar parks and rooftop systems on
"The first solar energy injections were recorded in 2016 with 60 MW, and within the following decade, the country experienced a boom in solar parks and rooftop systems on
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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.
A solar map of the country is also under development. Currently, there are two geothermal facilities in operation in El Salvador, the 95 MW Ahuachapan, and the 66 MW Berlin plant. Majority state-owned power company LaGeo, formerly Gesal, operates the two plants.
El Salvador is also one of the countries included in the SIEPAC project, which will integrate the electricity network of the country with the rest of the Central American region. El Salvador is the country with the highest geothermal energy production in Central America.
In 1995, only 65.5% of the population in El Salvador had access to electricity. Currently, the electrification index is 83.4%. This coverage is higher than that in Guatemala (83.1%), Honduras (71.2%) and Nicaragua (55%) but lower than the one for Costa Rica (98.3%) and Panamá (87.1%) and also below the 94.6 average for LAC.