What is the energy supply in El Salvador?

In 2019, total energy supply in El Salvador reached around 156 600 TJ (see Figure 5). That year, the renewable energy source with the largest share as part of the primary energy supply was bioenergy (19.6%), followed by hydropower (3.5%), geothermal energy (3.4%), and solar energy (1.1%) (CNE, 2020).

What is a Salvadoran energy plan?

This plan assesses the status of the current Salvadoran electricity system to evaluate capacity expansion options that can promote renewable energy resources, support the reliability of the power system and help ensure electricity supply at competitive prices.

Who owns El Salvador's electricity?

CEL is an independent, public electric utility in charge of developing, conserving, managing, and using the energy resources of El Salvador. Clean energy is generated in four hydropower plants located at diferent points in the Lempa River basin. ETESAL is El Salvador’s transmission system owner.

Where does El Salvador import electricity?

The majority of El Salvador’s import transactions come from Guatemala, which accounted for over 67% of electricity injections into the SIEPAC in 2018. 2 Transmission rights (DTs – Derechos de transmission), is a system of trading the rights to using transmission lines.

What is El Salvador's Energy Cabinet?

The Energy Cabinet is composed by the Presidential Commissioner for Operations and Government Cabinet, MINEC, CNE, CEL, SIGET and the DC. Until the 1990s, El Salvador maintained a vertically integrated structure in its power sector, with CEL as the country’s only state-owned generator.

Who manages the electricity market in El Salvador?

The UT manages the country’s electricity market and is responsible for the operation of the transmission system (SIGET, 2019). The electricity market in El Salvador comprises both public and private sector actors (Figure 14).