#Quito 🚝More power consumption, 🚆😫yeah thats the ticket🎟️🤔 15OCT24 #ATTENTION | Pabel Muñoz proposes to the World Bank the expansion of the Quito Metro. How far? https://ow.ly/z2Bl50TMibh
FRI 18OCT24 - "November and December will be the most critical months of 2024 due to energy shortages and power outages in Ecuador.
The low water level in the Mazar reservoir puts the operation of Paute-Molino at risk, and in the Amazon, low water flows are expected for Coca Codo Sinclair.
The energy generation crisis in Ecuador worsened in the first week of October 2024. And this is just the beginning, as the harshest drought period is expected to last until at least February 2025.
Ecuador is highly dependent on hydroelectric energy, but due to the drought, the hydroelectric plants, with an installed capacity of about 5,500 megawatts, are operating at only 50%, according to data from the National Electricity Operator Cenace.
"We experienced a 118-day drought last year, but it was from September to December 2023. Now in 2024, we're again facing a drought, but this time since August. So far, we’ve already had 89 days of drought," explains Lenin Álvarez, head of the Hydrometeorological Network of the public water company Etapa.
He referred to the ...
#Lucky13OCT24🏴 'The blackouts in Ecuador will last until at least April 2025-📅
"In a POLITICALLY CORRECT manner Fabián Calero, María Fernanda León and Gabriel Salazar analyzed the impact of the blackouts.
The new Vice Minister of Electricity also announced that the arrival of new power generation barges is no longer contemplated...." -
https://www.ecuavisa.com/noticias/ecuador/apagones-ecuador-duraran-hasta-abril-2025-EX8145530
