In November this year a regional standard for electricity sale and purchase is coming into effect in Central American contries, including Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. The new standard will provide greater integration of local power grid networks, allowing energy project developers to plan for a broader power grid. At the moment the stadardization project is in its transitional phase, but very soon the project will be entering its main phase, as stated by the Ente Operador Regional (EOR).

Almost all the countries involved in this regional standardization project have or are in the process of developing renewable energy projects, including wind, solar, hydro, biomass and geothermal energy. Having a standardized regulatory base for importing/exporting electricity will significantly improve development conditions for renewable energy projects in this part of the world.

[via: Central America Data, source: 7dias]