Tag: UTE

• Tuesday, January 8th 2013 - 00:04 UTC

  Uruguay wants to become one of the world’s leading wind power producers

  

  The Uruguayan government has set its sights on becoming one of the world's leading wind power producers as part of plans to produce 90% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2015, although much of the plan is still on the drawing board.

• Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 10:25 UTC

  Uruguay prepares for a serious power shortage because of lack of rainfall

  

  Uruguay’s state-owned power company UTE, is spending over seven million dollars per day to contain the deficit originated in poor rainfall that threatens production from the country’s four main hydroelectric generating plants.

• Saturday, April 21st 2012 - 06:57 UTC

  Uruguay and Brazil agree to jointly develop and expand wind power

  

  Uruguay and Brazil agreed this week to jointly set up a 100MW wind farm in Uruguayan territory demanding an investment of 200 million dollars and which should become operational by 2013.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2011 - 23:09 UTC

  Uruguay puts a 65 dollar per MW-hour cap for developing wind power projects

  

  Uruguay won’t accept bids above 65 dollars a megawatt-hour from developers bidding to sell power from wind farms as concerns mount that rates have dropped too low.

• Saturday, September 10th 2011 - 06:29 UTC

  Uruguay offered cheaper power from private wind-farm developers

  

  Uruguay could enjoy 1.3 billion dollars of wind farms in the next four years after developers said they could provide electricity cheaper than conventional energy sources.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2011 - 15:44 UTC

  Uruguay and Brazil move closer to a partnership in wind power projects

  

  Uruguay’s state owned power company UTE moved closer to linking with Brazil’s Eletrobras for wind projects after its board gave the go-ahead to explore a partnership.

• Thursday, February 10th 2011 - 02:58 UTC

  Wind farms programmed to supply 25% of Uruguay electricity grid

  

  Uruguay intends to develop as many wind farms as its electricity grid can support, effectively diversifying its energy supply beyond hydropower and fossil fuels. At present, the country is in the process of installing 500MW of wind power projects.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 20:58 UTC

  Tenders for Three Winds Farms in Uruguay Awarded

  

  A Spanish firm and two Argentine ones have been awarded tenders to build wind farms. Spanish Teyma and the Argentine Impsa and Fingano will invest around U$ 300 million in the project.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 20:09 UTC

  Scarce rainfall forces Uruguay to buy power from Argentina

  

  Uruguay facing a severe drought and insufficient rainfall began this week to receive electricity from the Argentine power grid. Uruguay’s electricity is mainly hydroelectric and in the country’s main dams the water level has been falling dramatically.