CCC Baja California Sur power station
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CCC Baja California Sur power station (Planta CC Baja California Sur) is a power station in pre-construction in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. It is also known as Tres Virgenes CC.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Baja California Sur power station | La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico | 24.104758, -110.338655 (approximate)[1] |
The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pre-construction[2] | fossil gas: natural gas[3][1] | 164[4][2] | combined cycle[3][2][5][1] | not found | 2025 (planned)[6][7] |
CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100%][6] | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100.0%] |
Background
In 2020 and 2021 Mexico's federal electricity commission CFE announced that it would invest in public-private partnerships to develop six to eight new combined cycle power plants throughout the country, including the CCC Baja California Sur project.[8][9][10] The Baja California Sur plant was expected to take 34 months to complete, with an anticipated start-up date of April 2024.[10] Estimates of the plant's generation capacity ranged from 164 MW in early press coverage[9] to 348.66 MW in the project's 2020 environment impact report.[11] Total investment in the project was estimated at 9.84 billion Mexican pesos.[12] The proposed plant was designed to help relieve the rolling blackouts regularly affecting Baja California Sur.[13]
In October 2022, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed that plans to develop the Baja California Sur plant remained on track, citing a capacity of 327 MW for the project[14] and noting that the expected commissioning date had been pushed back to 2026.[7][14]
Mexico's federal electricity commission CFE continued to treat CCC Baja California Sur as an active project in two reports published in 2023, listing the project's capacity as 138.278 MW in its 2022 Annual Report[15], and 164 MW in its 2023-2027 Business Plan.[16] A year later, CFE's 2023 Annual report and 2024-2028 Business Plan made no mention of CCC Baja California Sur, raising questions as to whether the Mexican government might have abandoned the project.[17][18]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125094028/https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/611038/Cap7_-_PAMRNT_WEB.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125102753/https://www.cfe.mx/finanzas/Documents/Plan_Negocios_2023-2027.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125093617/https://www.cfe.mx/cdn/2019/Archivos/Boletines/Mamparas%20BCS.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125141014/https://www.cfe.mx/finanzas/reportes-financieros/Informe%20Anual%20Documentos/Informe%20Anual%20Portal.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125102737/https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/CFE-aumentara-80-la-capacidad-electrica-del-sistema-aislado-de-Baja-California-Sur-20210221-0008.html. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125113320/https://www.cfe.mx/finanzas/Documents/Plan%20de%20Negocios%202022-2026%20V48%20PUBLICA.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "CFE compra termoeléctrica a EU por 180 mdd para Baja California Sur". Forbes México. 2022-10-28. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
- ↑ "CFE licitará ocho centrales ciclo combinado en 2020-2024". Energía A Debate. 2017-01-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Energy & Commerce | Licitará CFE ocho centrales de ciclo combinado". Energy & Commerce. 2020-08-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 "BNamericas - Mexico's CFE moves ahead with power plant te..." BNamericas.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ↑ "Manifestación de Impacto Ambiental - CC Baja California Sur" (PDF). SEMARNAT. 2020-08-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "BNamericas - CFE plans to increase presence in Baja Calif..." BNamericas.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ↑ "Promised electric plant for Baja excluded from list of call for tenders". Mexico News Daily. 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "AMLO anuncia la compra de la central de turbogás de New Fortress en La Paz". Tribuna de la Paz. October 28, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Informe Anual 2023 (p 67)" (PDF). CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad). 2023-04-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Plan de Negocios 2023-2027 (p 53)" (PDF). CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad). 2023-01-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Informe Anual 2023" (PDF). CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad). 2024-04-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Plan de Negocios 2024-2028" (PDF). CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad). 2024-01-31.
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Additional data
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