After four months of having been shut down to repair a leak, the largest hydroelectric plant in Central America, Reventazon in Costa Rica, resumed operations.

Initially the works to repair the problem were estimated to take three months, but then the Costa Rican Electric Institute considered it could take up to six months, however, the main works were concluded and the plant resumed operations before that timeline; additional work and maintenance will continue through August.

The mega-project that was inaugurated almost two years ago presented a crack from which as many as 180 liters of water per second were leaking. The estimated cost to repair the damage was of close to $15.5 million USD. The plant was shut down February 15 to begin the works.

Reventazon is still not working to its maximum capacity, only the ecologic compensation central is operating while the four generating units will start operating progressively this week with the purpose of reaching full capacity by Friday.

In a six month period, the Reventazon plant contributes 507 gigawatts of electricity which is equivalent to approximately US$75 million calculated on a unit cost per kilowatt of $0.14 as indicated in the Electric Generation Expansion Plan 2016-2035 of ICE.