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Power and Honduran-Nicaragua Interconnection Project
Honduras
| Borrower | Honduras |
| Financing Type | Public Sector |
| Instrument | Project Loan |
| Focus Area | Energy |
| Approved | 02.08.1977 |
| Signed | 07.10.1977 |
| Status | Completed |
| Loan Administrator | IBRD |
| Executing Agency | Empresa Nacional de Energia Electrica (ENEE) |
| Co-financiers | IBRD, Government |
| OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 1.70 |
| Total Project Cost (US$m) | 17.60 |
The project consists of the following components:
- Generation: construction of a generating plant of about 24MV, including associated structure, transformers, transmission lines and supervisory control equipment;
- Interconnection: Construction of 150 km transmission line to the border between Honduras and Nicaragua;
- Extension to New Areas: Construction of 150 km transmission lines;
- conclusion of feasibility studies for El Cajon Hydroelectric Project;
- survey and inventory of the potential hydroelectric and geothermal resources of the two countries; and
- provision of training for the technical personnel working on the project.