---Two of the three turbine-generator units at the 18.4-MW Maranon small hydro project in Peru have been synchronized, according to grid administrator COES.
The facility, on the Maranon River in the Nueva Flores district of Huanuco department, cost US$85.6 million to build and was developed by Hidroelectrica Maranon. The plant is connected to the national grid via a 39-km-long 60-kV transmission line, according to BNamericas.
Work on the project began in August 2013. The estimated completion date for the facility is July 2018.(From HRW)
