The Comisión Ejecutiva Hidreléctrica del Río Lempa (CEL) estimates the new well will produce from eight to 10 megawatts of geothermal energy by 2017. CEL president, David Antonio Lopez, said that the investment is estimated at $7.5 million USD.
The CHI 6A well is in the Chinameca Geothermal field, which, as a whole, is estimated to have a capacity of 50 megawatts, hopefully achieved by 2019. The drilling of four more wells for production and reinjection is expected later this year. The production wells reach a reservoir temperature of between 240 and 260 degrees Celsius at a depth between 1,800 and 2,000 meters.
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