Officially began the extension for the continuity of the works of Hidroituango between EPM and the CCC Ituango consortium, this will be for a term of 11 months, 8 of work and 3 of splicing
What was agreed determines that the extension is given for the termination of units 1 and 2 of energy
The goal of EPM is to start generating energy with the first two units in the second half of 2022, and the remaining six units between 2023 and 2025
“With these extensions that we have been able to achieve with the consortium, advisor, builder and controller we are confident that we will be able to put the first two units into service, We have 7,500 people working on the project, ”said William Giraldo Jiménez, vice president of EPM’s Energy Generation Projects.
With the entry into commercial operation of the new generation plant, scheduled for the second half of 2022, the country’s energy supply will increase by 17%
EPM management specified that in 2022 they do not rule out starting a bidding process so that other contractors are the ones who complete the remaining six units and all the works that today are 86.5% complete
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