Cativá power station

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Cativá power station (Central termoeléctrica Cativá) is an operating power station of at least 90-megawatts (MW) in Bahía las Minas, Cativa, Colón, Panama. It is also known as Cativa Balboa power station, Central termoeléctrica motores Bahía las Minas.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Cativá power station Bahía las Minas, Cativa, Colón, Panama 9.379612, -79.821886 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • 1: 9.379612, -79.821886

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year
1 Operating[2][3][4] fossil liquids: heavy fuel oil[5] 90[5][6][3][4][7] internal combustion[5][2] not found 2008[4]

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 Alternegy SA [100%][5][3] Celsia Centroamérica SA [100.0%]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125091319/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Cargos del Año 2023" (PDF). Centro Nacional de Despacho (CND) de la Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica SA (ETESA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "El mercado de la energía en Panamá" (PDF). Oficina Económica y Comercial de la Embajada de España en Panamá. 2022-12-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Nuestras centrales térmicas". Celsia. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 (PDF) https://www.asep.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/electricidad/consultas_publicas/2021/cp_005-2021/tomoII-plan_indicativo_generaci%C3%B3n/tomoII-anexo5_costo_variable_termoelctricas.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Estadísticas del subsector eléctrico de los países del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA), 2021". CEPAL. 2022-12-31. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
  7. "Bahía Las Minas" (PDF). Celsia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.

Additional data

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