Termosolo power station

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Termosolo power station (Central Termosolo) is an announced power station in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Termosolo power station Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia 3.875747, -77.058222 (approximate)[1]

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year
I Announced[2][3] fossil liquids: liquefied petroleum gas, fossil gas: natural gas[4][5][6] 148[1] combined cycle[7][4] not found 2024 (planned)[2]
II Announced[8][3][2] fossil liquids: liquefied petroleum gas, fossil gas: natural gas[6][5][8][4] 80[1] combined cycle[7][4] not found 2024 (planned)[9]

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 Operator Owner Parent
I Puertos, Inversiones y Obras[5] Sociedad Portuaria Energética Multipropósito y Contenedores Puerto Solo Buenaventura SA [100%][5][1][10][11][12] SeaOne Puerto Solo SAS [95.0%]; small shareholder(s) [5.0%]
II Puertos, Inversiones y Obras[5] Sociedad Portuaria Energética Multipropósito y Contenedores Puerto Solo Buenaventura SA [100%][5][1][10][11][12] SeaOne Puerto Solo SAS [95.0%]; small shareholder(s) [5.0%]

Background

The two-unit Termosolo power station is proposed as part of a larger project involving construction of the Puerto Solo Energy Port, a new fuel import facility on Colombia's Pacific coast.[13][14] Once completed, the plant's two units are to receive LNG (liquefied natural gas) or LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) from the associated port.[15][13][14] As of December 2020, environmental permitting for the $194 million power plant was underway[16], and in January 2021 the Colombian government gave its final approval for construction of the port.[13] Fuel for the plant will be imported from the United States using project developer SeaOne Holdings' proprietary CGL™ (Compressed Gas Liquid) technology.[14][17]

Plans originally called for the plant to begin operating in December 2022[18][15], but a September 2021 filing by SeaOne Holdings to the U.S. Department of Energy indicated that commercial operations would begin no earlier than 2023[14], and a subsequent filing dated September 2022 pushed the date back to the fourth quarter of 2024.[19] A 230 kV transmission line will connect the power station to the grid.[16]

An audit report published on October 2023 concluded that SeaOne's subsidiary, Sociedad Portuaria Energética Multipropósito y Contenedores Puerto Solo Buenaventura S.A., had incurred in a series of contractual breaches, including there being "no infrastructure in the area where the project will be developed, no machinery, no offices, only the ZUP and adjacent lands are found in their natural state (forest - vegetation)”, and would be sanctioned accordingly.[20][21]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125101832/https://seaone.com/development/puerto-solo. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125134334/https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/SeaOne%20Gulfport%20Semiannual%20Report%20%28October%202022%29.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125105417/https://www.eltiempo.com/economia/sectores/las-cinco-plantas-del-plan-por-hidroituango-que-naufragaron-605767. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125132727/https://www1.upme.gov.co/siel/Informes_Registro_Proyectos_Generacion/Semana_42_2023.xlsx. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125092307/https://www.portafolio.co/economia/puerto-solo-la-terminal-del-pacifico-para-entrada-de-glp-536468. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125092225/https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2021-09/SeaOne%20Gulfport%2C%20LLC%2010_2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230609065147/https://www1.upme.gov.co/siel/Pages/Inscripcion-proyectos-generacion.aspx. Archived from the original on 09 June 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125132624/https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/colombia-begins-permitting-for-148mw-thermo. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125115031/https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/SeaOne%20Corpus%20Christi%20II%20Semiannual%20Report%20%28October%202022%29.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 (PDF) https://www.ani.gov.co/sites/default/files/auditoria_al_proyecto_puerto_solo_buenaventura_s.a.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 (PDF) https://www.ani.gov.co/sites/default/files/2._contrato_de_concesion_portuaria_no._001_de_2021.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 (PDF) https://seaone.com/public/downloads/e2fbl/Final%20Press%20Release_Port%20Concession%20Granted%20to%20SeaOne%20Holdings.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Gobierno Nacional otorga la concesión portuaria a Puerto Solo y da vía libre a su construcción en Buenaventura". ANI (Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura). January 30, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "Fourteenth semi-annual report to U.S. Department of Energy" (PDF). SeaOne. September 28, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. 15.0 15.1 "COLOMBIA: Buenaventura Regasification Terminal in the pacific coast - FullAvanteNews". FullAvanteNews. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  16. 16.0 16.1 "Colombia begins permitting for 148MW thermoelectric power plant". Colombia Económica. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  17. "CGL™ System". SeaOne.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. "Puerto Solo, la terminal del Pacífico para entrada de GLP". Portafolio. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  19. "Sixteenth semi-annual report to U.S. Department of Energy" (PDF). SeaOne. September 30, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. Oficina de Control Interno (October 2023). "Informe de auditoría a la función pública de la Supervisión del contrato de concesión portuaria No.001 de 2021, suscrito entre la Sociedad Portuaria Energética Multipropósito y Contenedores Puerto Solo Buenaventura S.A y la Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura" (PDF). ANI. Retrieved April 24, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. Agencia Nacional de Infraestructure (2023). "Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura Informe de Gestión 2023" (PDF). ANI. Retrieved April 24, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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