Las Palmas power station
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Las Palmas power station (Planta Eléctrica Las Palmas 2) is an operating power station of at least 66-megawatts (MW) in Escuintla City, Escuintla, Guatemala with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Las Palmas power station | Escuintla City, Escuintla, Guatemala | 14.262131, -90.799063 (exact)[1] |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- 1, Unit 2: 14.262131, -90.799063
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Operating[2][3][4] | fossil liquids: heavy fuel oil[4] | 66.8[4] | internal combustion[4] | 1998[2] | – |
| Unit 2 | Retired | coal: unknown, bioenergy: agricultural waste (solids) | 83 | subcritical | 2011 | 2021 |
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 | Inkia Energy [100%][5] | I Squared Capital [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | Inkia Energy [100%][5] | I Squared Capital [100.0%] |
Background
The Las Palmas power station features two units. The original Unit 1 (89 MW) is fueled with bunker.[6] In 2008 Duke Energy announced that it would invest US$150 million to build a new coal-fired Unit 2 at its existing Las Palmas plant, with an installed capacity of 83 MW.[7][8] By 2011 the plant had entered its testing phase, and shortly thereafter it began commercial operations.[9]
In 2016 Duke Energy announced its intention to sell all of its Guatemalan energy assets to global infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital, which in turn arranged to have Las Palmas 2 transferred to its Guatemalan subsidiary Orazul Energy Guatemala.[6][10][11]
As recently as 2019, the Las Palmas 2 plant was still listed in annual reports published by Guatemala's energy administrator AMM[12], though the Guatemalan government has recently taken steps to move away from coal-fired electricity towards renewable energy sources.[13]
Recent reports from Guatemala's Ministry of Energy and Mines, including the power generation planning report for 2020-2034 and the energy expansion plan for 2022-2052, have shown the Las Palmas power plant to have a single 67 MW unit fueled entirely by bunker rather than coal.[14][15] The 83 MW coal-fired Unit 2 was not included in the energy reports for 2020-2034 or 2022-2052.[14][15]
In Inkia Energy's 2021 Sustainability Report, the company stated it had closed its coal plant, specifying "Las Palmas II 83 MW power plant." [16] Again in its 2022 Sustainability Report, Inkia Energy maintained that it had closed Las Palmas II as part of its decarbonization strategy and further noted:
"Las Palmas II 83 MW coal power plant was disconnected from the grid and put is [sic] in preservation mode in 2018, then divested in July 2021."[17]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125150110/https://www.google.com/maps/place/Las+Palmas+I+Power+Plant/@14.263051,-90.8007537,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x8588e34243757b79:0x8f5c9b62341dbd7f!8m2!3d14.2638177!4d-90.7994552!16s%2Fg%2F11ft5sgxy3?entry=tts. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125085819/https://dialogochino.net/en/climate-energy/38222-mapping-thermoelectric-energy-in-latin-america-decarbonization-energy-transition/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125105925/https://inkiaenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Reporte_Sostenibilidad_2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125093030/https://mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PEG-2022-2052.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125135824/https://inkiaenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2022-Sustainability-Report-1.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Duke Energy se retirará de Guatemala, está en proceso de venta de 3 generadoras". Revista Estrategia & Negocios. September 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Carbón abre paso a la hidroenergía". El Financiero (Costa Rica). October 5, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Inaugura planta de carbón". La Hora. August 29, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Noaldo Bracamonte González, Pável César (September 2012). "DISEÑO E IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE PLAN DE LUBRICACIÓN A MAQUINARIA Y EQUIPO DE GENERACIÓN ELÉCTRICA PLANTA LAS PALMAS II, DUKE ENERGY" (PDF). Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Facultad de Ingeniería.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Duke Energy Sells Latin American Businesses to I Squared Capital". LAVCA | The Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America. December 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Resolución CNEE-245-2017" (PDF). CNEE (Comisión Nacional de Energía Eléctrica). November 28, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Informe Estadístico 2019" (PDF). AMM (Administrador del Mercado Mayorista). January 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Del carbón a la energía limpia: Así son los nuevos contratos de generación de EEGSA". Prensa Libre. February 13, 2020.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Plan de Expansión del Sistema de Generación y Transporte 2020-2034 (p 53)" (PDF). Ministerio de Energía y Minas de Guatemala. 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Plan de expansión indicativo del sistema de generación 2022-2052" (PDF). Ministerio de Energía y Minas. 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "2021 ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT" (PDF). Inkia Energy. 2022.
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Additional data
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