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Venezuela sends power plants to ease Nicaraguan energy crisis
El Universal
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 12 09 06Venezuela this month is shipping four power plants to Nicaragua to alleviate this country's energy crisis, Managua Mayor Dionisio Marenco said.
Marenco told Efe that the 15-megawatt powerhouses are arriving in Nicaragua this month but will be installed next January, when president-elect Daniel Ortega takes office. "What we want is the new government to begin by solving a problem we have inherited from the old government."According to Marenco, the power plants -that are to be based "in the outskirts of Managua"- were negotiated by joint venture Alba Petróleos de Nicaragua (Albanic) under an agreement Venezuelan state oil giant Pdvsa and some Nicaraguan Mayoralties initialed last April.
Nicaragua faces power outages ranging from four to 12 hours a day because of energy disruptions resulting from a defective network, lack of water in dam, and lack of liquidity.
El Universal 08 12 06
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