Nicaragua Opens New Power
Plant
MANAGUA - Nicaragua has opened a new power
plant with a generating capacity of 1,100
megawatts, built with the support of the
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our
America (ALBA).
The Solidaridad (Solidarity) power plant was
inaugurated by President Daniel Ortega in
the Nagarote municipality, Leon department,
west of this capital, on Thursday evening.
The plant has 32 bunker-fueled engines of
1.7 MW of power each, supplied by the South
Korean company Hyundai.
By virtue of the agreements signed as part
of the ALBA, Cuban experts helped plan the
new power plant, and subsequently provided
technical advice for running it. They also
helped train the Nicaraguan staff and
technicians who operate the plant.
In a brief speech at the opening ceremony,
attended by 115 plant workers and hundreds
of residents of Nagarote, Ortega stressed
the importance of the plant for the national
electric system, and highlighted the support
given by Venezuela and Cuba.
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