Ecuador Overcomes
Energy Crisis
QUITO - Ecuador has tided over the energy
crisis that hit the country between November
2009 and January 2010, Electricity and
Renewable Energy Minister Miguel Calahorrano
said on Thursday.
He told the media that Ecuador is now able
to sell electricity to Colombia and
Venezuela, which are also facing power
shortage because of drought.
Starting from November 2009, Ecuador had to
cut power supply for four hours each day, as
the central hydroelectric plant of Paute,
the country's biggest that supplies 35
percent of the energy, was operating under
capacity because of serious drought.
Strategic Sectors Minister Galo Borja said
normal power supply was made possible by a
number of factors, including the operation
of thermoelectric parks, effective energy
conservation, and the rising water levels
that enabled Paute power plant to work with
full capacity.
Calahorrano said Ecuador intended to
accelerate the completion of hydroelectric
projects of Mazar and Baba, which will go
into operation in October this year. The
added capacity will help Ecuador face a
possible drought later this year.
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