3TIER has announced a
contract with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to develop and release a 2
km wind map for Bolivia.
When it is completed later this year, the Bolivia wind
map will be available for public view online and will identify the locations,
availability and accessibility of the country's wind resources. The contract
has been initiated as part of an ongoing partnership between IFC and
Transportadora de Electricidad S.A. (TDE), Bolivia's largest electricity
transmission company and a recipient of IFC financing. Under its
corporate social responsibility program, TDE, a subsidiary of the Spanish grid
operator Red Electrica de España, is exploring the development of renewable
energy resources to supply off-grid electricity and other energy services to
isolated rural communities in the footprint of its high voltage transmission
lines throughout Bolivia. At present, there are no commercial wind projects in
Bolivia. IFC's contract with 3TIER to produce a national wind map is
expected to help stimulate future development of wind power projects.
