Energy Generation

Honduras's Cañaveral and Río Lindo hydroelectric plants, fed by Lake Yojoa through channels, tunnels, and pipes across a 400-meter elevation drop, generate power twice from the same water flow, producing a combined 109 megawatts and serving as a model of efficient cascade generation.

Miguel Aguilar, president of the STENEE electrical workers' union, says Hondurans are exhausted by rolling blackouts driven by drought, low reservoir levels, and diesel shortages, and urges the government to pursue long-term fixes—including over 1,800 megawatts of new generation capacity rather than the 600 megawatts announced.