December 14, 2007
Usumacinta hydroelectric plans return

A proposal for four submerged generators on the Usumacinta has been announced. They would be built at La Linea, El Porvenir, Isla El Cayo, and Yaxchilan.

The proposal has been submitted by La Asociación de Generadores con Energía Renovable (Ager) to the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Guatemala. According to the proposal, the generators would produce 300 megawatts without disrupting the flow of the river. But the access roads and power lines that would be built would promote forest invasion and destruction. Claims of no environmental impact are not telling the whole story.

More information when I get it.

PrensaLibre.com - Proponen generador submarino

Posted by Dave at December 14, 2007 01:45 PM