Roundup: Contract awards, financing, LED pilot, supply call

Wood Group announced it secured a 10-year service agreement to support the Solar Taurus 60 gas turbines in Monterrey, Mexico for Papeles y Conversiones de México; and a US$3mn contract to provide the rotor overhaul and new parts for a Frame 9E gas turbine at a power plant in Uruguay. *** The US Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Citi agreed to use their existing framework lending facilities to deliver up to US$200mn in financing for the bank's multinational and local corporate and financial institution clients engaged in sectors such as microenterprise, agribusiness, affordable housing, clean energy, education and sanitation. *** Paraguay's state power company Ande reported a pilot project is underway at its headquarters as part of an LED energy efficiency lighting program which envisions using this technology for public lighting in capital Asunción. Savings could reach 25MW during peak hours, according to Ande. *** And Panama state transmission company Etesa extended to November 14 from October 1 the deadline to submit offers for the second call ( 03-13) to supply distributors with power from wind farms.