Ecuador: Big Savings with Gas for Power Generation

Quito, Sep 17. -Ecuador currently saves about $ 40 million annually by using gas to generate about 35 megawatts of power, avoiding the burning of six to nine million cubic feet per day of energy.With the presence of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, the project Power Generation Optimization of Petroamazonas, was inaugurated on Thursday at Eden Yuturi sector in the province of Sucumbios.

The opening of this new phase of the Petroamazonas project, aims to generate up to 60 megawatts with associated gas.

Correa told the Andes public agency that the project costs about $ 150 million USD and prevent the importation of diesel for operation of thermoelectric plants. (Prensa Latina)