Geothermal power in El Salvador

Geothermal power in El Salvador represents 25% of its total electricity production.[1][2] El Salvador is one of the top ten geothermal energy producers in the world. Since 1975, the Ahuachapán geothermal field has been in continuous and successful commercial operation. Since 1992, the Berlin geothermal field is under commercial production, with the installation of two units. Each one with 5 MWe power plants.

  1. ^ IGA, http://www.geothermal-energy.org/229,welcome_to_our_page_with_data_for_el_salvador_-_electricity_generation.html title=Generacion Electricidad El Salvador, retrieved 2011-08-30 
  2. ^ CEPAL, http://www.eclac.org/publicaciones/xml/3/43373/2011-021-Mercados_mayoristas_de_electricidad-L1010.pdf title=CENTROAMÉRICA: MERCADOS MAYORISTAS DE ELECTRICIDAD Y TRANSACCIONES EN EL MERCADO ELÉCTRICO REGIONAL, 2010, retrieved 2011-08-30