Cactus Cogen power station

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Cactus Cogen power station (Central de Cogeneración Cactus)

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Cactus Cogen power station Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico 17.9895, -92.9475 (approximate)[1]

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 cancelled - inferred 4 y[2][3] fossil gas - natural gas[2] 530[2] combined cycle[2]

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
Unit 1 Pemex-Transformación Industrial [100%] Petróleos Mexicanos EPE

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): chemicals[1]
  • Captive industry: Both[1]

Background

Reports from 2014 said that Cogeneracion Cactus was to be built at a Pemex-owned gas processing facility in Tabasco, Mexico and was slated to begin operating in 2018.[4]

Pemex sold off the Cactus Cogeneration business in 2016[5] after failing to find partners for the cogeneration plants.[6]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20210518204318/https://www.reuters.com/article/mexico-mexichem/mexichem-to-operate-650-mln-cogeneration-plant-for-pemex-idUSL2N0PQ17Z20140715. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125093546/https://energiaadebate.com/electricidad-va-cfe-por-6-proyectos-de-cogeneracion-con-pemex/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125110347/https://www.americaeconomia.com/negocios-industrias/pemex-apunta-desprenderse-de-negocios-secundarios-en-fertilizantes-etileno-y-cog. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. $650m cogeneration plant for Mexican oil giant, Power Engineering International, Jul 16, 2014
  5. Pemex apunta a desprenderse de negocios secundarios en fertilizantes, etileno y cogeneración, El Economista (Mexico), Mar 3, 2016
  6. Pemex busca socios para plantas de cogeneración, Oil & Gas Magazine Sep 11 2015

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