Experience, judgment and clarity.
Forward Energy is a Panama-based engineering and services firm for renewable generation projects. We support developers, owners, governments and funds at every stage — from feasibility to operation.
We move projects forward.
The name says it: forward. We move projects that often stall on permits, technical uncertainty or investment decisions. We don’t promise to save the planet; we solve what it takes to make renewable energy work in the real world.
We work with technical judgment and clear answers. Every claim has data and engineering behind it — no empty green promises.
Iván Barría
More than two decades leading energy and business transformation in Panama and the region. Former CEO of the national transmission company, where he learned that the sector’s hard problems aren’t solved by a single brilliant idea, but by seeing the whole system and moving the right levers, in the right order.
- Former CEO · ETESALed the national transmission company (500 employees): doubled EBITDA in three years and prepared its first international bond issue of USD 500 MM.
- Energy crisisDrove Panama’s spot energy price down from USD 217 to USD 67 per MWh in a year, saving close to USD 600 MM in subsidies.
- Regional integrationPresident of EPR (the SIEPAC line) in 2015: introduced the sale of transmission rights and established the fiber-optic links from Panama to Guatemala.
- Private sectorFounded and chaired the Energy Commission of Panama’s Chamber of Commerce. Today he develops a pipeline of wind and solar projects across the region.
- EducationEngineering (Villanova) · MBA (INCAE) · Senior Management Program (IPADE).
We know the ground and the regulation.
Panama’s regulatory environment — ASEP, interconnection, environmental permitting — is one of the main hurdles for renewable projects. That’s exactly where we add the most value: we navigate that process so your project reaches operation.