Tula power station
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Tula power station (Central CC Tula (Francisco Pérez Ríos)) is an operating power station of at least 890-megawatts (MW) in Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Francisco Pérez Ríos.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Tula power station | Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico | 20.059619, -99.277394 (exact)[1] |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Norte, RPNorte, RPSur, Sur, Tula II: 20.059619, -99.277394
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mothballed[2][3] | fossil liquids: fuel oil, fossil gas: natural gas[4][5][3] | 330[6][7] | steam turbine[8][9][6] | not found | 1978[10] | – |
| 2 | Mothballed[2][3] | fossil liquids: fuel oil, fossil gas: natural gas[4][5][3] | 330[6][7] | steam turbine[8][9][6] | not found | 1975[9] | – |
| 3 | Operating[2][3] | fossil liquids: fuel oil, fossil gas: natural gas[4][5][3] | 323[6][7] | steam turbine[8][9][6] | not found | 1978[10] | – |
| 4 | Mothballed[2][3] | fossil liquids: fuel oil, fossil gas: natural gas[4][5][3] | 322[6][7] | steam turbine[8][9][6] | not found | 1978[10] | – |
| 5 | Mothballed[2][11] | fossil liquids: fuel oil, fossil gas: natural gas[4][5][3] | 300[6][7] | steam turbine[8][9][6] | not found | 1978[10] | – |
| Norte | Retired[2][12] | fossil gas: natural gas[13] | 245[14][10][12][13] | combined cycle[14][15][13] | not found | 1995[14] | 2020[12] |
| RPNorte | Operating[12] | fossil gas: natural gas[6] | 284[12] | combined cycle[15][12] | not found | 2020[12] | – |
| RPSur | Operating[12] | fossil gas: natural gas[6] | 283[12] | combined cycle[15][12] | not found | 2020[12] | – |
| Sur | Retired[2][12] | fossil gas: natural gas[13] | 244[14][10][12][13] | combined cycle[14][15][13] | not found | 1995[14] | 2020[12] |
| Tula II | Pre-construction[16][17] | fossil gas: natural gas[18] | 403[16] | combined cycle[16][18][17] | not found | 2026 (planned)[17] | – |
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][18][17][12][16] | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100.0%] |
| 2 | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100%][6][18][17][12][16] | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100.0%] |
| 3 | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100%][6][18][17][12][16] | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100.0%] |
| 4 | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100%][6][18][17][12][16] | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100.0%] |
| 5 | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100%][6][18][17][12][16] | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100.0%] |
| Norte | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100%][6][18][17][12][16] | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100.0%] |
| RPNorte | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100%][6][18][17][12][16] | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100.0%] |
| RPSur | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100%][6][18][17][12][16] | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100.0%] |
| Sur | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100%][6][18][17][12][16] | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100.0%] |
| Tula II | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100%][6][18][17][12][16] | Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100.0%] |
Background
The Tula power station is one of central Mexico's largest natural gas plants, with a mix of steam turbine units and combined cycle units.
Steam turbine units
The plant began commercial operations in 1975[19][20] with five steam turbine units of roughly 300 MW each[21]. Multiple sources have listed the combined capacity of these turbines as 1605 MW[22][23], implying a per-unit capacity of 321 MW.
In recent years, with the addition of new combined cycle units, four of the original steam units appear to have been mothballed. In an April 2022 report, Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) indicated that steam units 1, 2, 4 and 5 were non-operational, implying that unit 3 was the only one currently in service.[24] In May 2021 the news website Reforma reported that upon completion of the new Tula II combined cycle unit, unit 5 would be the only one of the five original steam units to remain in service, on a "cold reserve" (emergency backup) basis, with fuel oil as the likely fuel source.[25]
Combined cycle units
The plant's first two combined cycle blocks began operating in the early 1980s.[23][26][27] Original capacities for these first two blocks, known as Norte and Sur, were listed as 244 and 238 MW, respectively[26]; total capacity of these original CC units was eventually increased to 489 MW.[28][23][26]
Starting in 2012[29], the Mexican government announced plans to increase the plant's capacity to 550 MW by replacing the plant's four older gas-fired units with two new gas-fired units[30] of 275 MW each.[31] Implementation of the new combined cycle units was repeatedly delayed, but CFE announced in its 2020 annual report that the new units were placed in commercial service on November 28, 2020, with a combined capacity of 566 MW.[32] The status of the re-powered units remained somewhat ambiguous as of April 2022, when CFE's newly released 2021 annual report recorded the re-powering operation as only 98.15% complete as of December 2021 but reported that works should be finished in March 2022.[33]
Proposed Tula II expansion
CFE has proposed an additional combined cycle unit known as Tula II for the same site. CFE published an environmental impact report for Tula II in December 2020, listing the unit's capacity as 450.64 MW.[34] CFE's 2022 annual report reduced the plant's estimated capacity slightly to 403 MW[35], while CFE's 2023 report more than doubled this figure to 851 MW[36], leaving the actual size of the project unclear.
It has been estimated that construction of the new unit would take between 32 months[34] and three years.[25] Tula II was assigned a start date of 2026 in CFE's 2021-2025 business plan[37], but three subsequent business plans (2022-2026[38], 2023-2027[39], 2024-2028[40]) made no mention of the project whatsoever, and as of October 2024 there was still no indication that construction had begun.
Environmental impact
The five older units of the Tula power station have been criticized as being among the most polluting in Mexico due to their use of fuel oil as a primary fuel source; a May 2020 article in El Economista labeled the plant "Mexico's Chernobyl," noting that it accounted for 56% of particulate emissions under 2.5 microns (PM2.5), 75% of sulfur oxides emissions, and 43% of nitrogen oxides emissions in the Valle de México and Tula region.[41]
The Tula power station has been found guilty of violating environmental safeguards meant to prevent the emissions of deadly pollutants.[42][43]
Articles and Resources
References
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125110720/https://app.cfe.mx/Aplicaciones/OTROS/Boletines/boletin?i=2149. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125094728/https://energiaadebate.com/electricidad-cfe-retomaria-construccion-del-gasoducto-ramal-tula/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125094646/https://www.congresocdmx.gob.mx/media/documentos/385a18b6356bf0f3b74cf9acfc5ffafcf45f5a16.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125141327/https://igavim.org/Documentos%20Generados/Documentos%20Generales/2022%20PermisosCREhasta2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125102427/https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/54139/PRODESEN_FINAL_INTEGRADO_04_agosto_Indice_OK.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125113518/http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Archivos/Documentos/2015/09/asun_3274977_20150929_1443551858.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 12.17 12.18 12.19 12.20 12.21 12.22 12.23 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125102729/https://infosen.senado.gob.mx/sgsp/gaceta/64/3/2021-05-06-1/assets/documentos/CFE_Informe_Anual_2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125103730/http://www.ptolomeo.unam.mx:8080/jspui/bitstream/132.248.52.100/12731/1/TESIS.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125113627/https://www.grupocobra.com/proyecto/montaje-central-ciclo-combinado-tula/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 16.11 16.12 (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.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Romero Sánchez, Eduardo. "Central Termoeléctrica de Tula". Instituto Politécnico Nacional Esime Azcapotzalco * edoc.pub. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Con punto de acuerdo, por el que se exhorta al titular de la SENER a poner en marcha un programa de actualización de la Central Termoeléctrica Francisco Pérez Ríos" (PDF). Diputado Fernando Quetzalcóatl Moctezuma Pereda, Cámara de Diputados, Congreso de la Unión. September 29, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Proposición con Punto de Acuerdo por el que este Honorable Congreso de la Ciudad de México Solicita al Titular de la Comisión Ambiental de la Megalópolis a Implementar Diversas Acciones a Fin de Iniciar la Reconversión a Gas Natural de la Central Termoeléctrica "Francisco Pérez Ríos" Ubicada en el Municipio de Allende, Hidalgo" (PDF). Diputado Mauricio Tabe Echartea, Congreso de la Ciudad de México. July 1, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "CFE retomaría construcción del gasoducto Ramal Tula". Energía a Debate. May 29, 2017.
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- ↑ "Informe Anual 2021 (p 28)" (PDF). CFE. April 22, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Sostiene combustóleo termoeléctrica de Tula". Reforma. May 24, 2021.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "PRODESEN 2019-2033: Programa de Ampliación y Modernización de la Red Nacional de Transmisión y Redes Generales de Distribución del Mercado Eléctrico Mayorista (p 34)" (PDF). CENACE. June 14, 2019.
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- ↑ "Informe Anual 2020 (pp 53, 56)" (PDF). CFE. April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Informe Anual 2021 (p 228)" (PDF). CFE. April 22, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 34.0 34.1 "Manifestación de Impacto Ambiental, Modalidad Regional - Proyecto CC Tula II Fase I (pp 7, 16)" (PDF). CFE. December 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Informe Anual 2022 (p 46)" (PDF). CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad). 2023-04-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Informe Anual 2023 (p 28)" (PDF). CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad). 2024-04-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Plan de Negocios 2021-2025 (p 56)" (PDF). CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad). 2021-01-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Plan de Negocios 2022-2026" (PDF). CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad). 2022-01-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Plan de Negocios 2023-2027" (PDF). CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad). 2023-01-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Plan de Negocios 2024-2028" (PDF). CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad). 2024-01-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Termoeléctrica de Tula, el Chernóbil mexicano". El Economista. May 15, 2020.
- ↑ Garcia, David Alire (2020-08-07). "Exclusive: Mexico power plant violated environmental law, documents show". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
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Additional data
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