GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR – Electricity Corporation of Ecuador, CELEC EP, is investing in improvement of its power transmission service in the port city of Guayaquil with the upgrade of the Nueva Prosperina electrical substation, located in the city’s north-west.
The substation will be upgraded with a new power transformer which successfully arrived at the substation from the Port of Guayaquil, Celec said in the press statement.
The new 225 MVA, 230 kV power transformer will replace the current 150 MVA, 138 kV transformer, thus increasing the capacity of electricity supply. The installation is expected to be complete in August.
By then, two mobile substations will be responsible for the delivery of electric power to the city.
Source: Celec Press Release