The transmission line will link from the Santiváñez substation in Cochabamba to the La Cumbre substation in La Paz, Bolivia.
Furthermore, the loan will also sustain the expansion of both substations.
The project will be carried out by the Empresa Nacional de Electricidad (ENDE).
It will help improve transmission among different areas of the country’s National Interconnected System, and particularly with the northern part of the system, which includes such major urban centers as La Paz, El Alto, and Trinidad.
The new transmission line will raise the present transport capacity of 130MW to 280MW.
In addition, the project will also assist in future transmission of energy generated from renewable sources to the interconnected system.
The operation will be carried out as sovereign guarantee investment loan of which 75% of the resources will come from the Bank’s ordinary capital with a repayment term of 30 years.
The remaining 25% will be obtained from the fund for special operations for a term of 40 years.
