Bahía las Minas power station
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Bahía las Minas power station is a three-unit, 120-megawatt (MW) coal-fired plant located in Bahía las Minas, Panama.[1]
Location
The map below shows the plant, located in Bahía las Minas, Cativá, Colón, Panama
Background
Comprising a 120 MW coal-fired power plant and a 160 MW combined cycle power plant, Bahía las Minas power station is Panama's largest generator of electricity.[2] Originally built and commissioned in 1988[3] as a two-unit diesel-fired plant[4], it was converted to run partially on coal in 2011.[5]
In December 2018 workers at the plant staged a walk-out to protest the plant's possible closure in January 2019 when it was projected to run out of operating capital.[6] The government of President Juan Carlos Varela subsequently agreed to contribute 19 million balboas and Grupo Celsia agreed to contribute 20 million balboas toward keeping the plant operating.[7] However, in June 2019, Panama's executive branch ruled that Bahía las Minas needed to compete in the upcoming energy tender administered by state energy agency ETESA as a precondition for receiving the government's share of the funds.[8] The energy tender took place in February 2020, and Bahía las Minas was successful in its bid for a short-term contract to supply energy through December 2022.[9]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Celsia[2]
- Parent company: Grupo Argos S.A.[10]
- Location: Bahía las Minas, Cativá, Colón, Panama
- Coordinates: 9.379612, -79.821886 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Gross Capacity: 120 MW[2]
- In service: 2011[5]
- Type: Subcritical
- Coal Type: Bituminous[4]
- Coal Source:
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bahía las Minas Coal Power Plant, IndustryAbout, May 1, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Centrales termoelectricas". Celsia. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ↑ "Historia del servicio de energía en Panamá". ETESA. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Plan de Expansión del Sistema Interconectado Nacional 2018–2032" (PDF). ETESA. 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Proyecto de carbón de BLM costó $165 millones". La Prensa Panamá. June 9, 2011.
- ↑ Bahía Las Minas y Gobierno exploran alternativas, Las Estrella, Dec. 22, 2018
- ↑ Celsia y govierno de Panama acuerdan aporte en planta de balia las minas, Valora Analitik, Dec. 31, 2018
- ↑ "Los arrastres de Bahía Las Minas". La Prensa. August 4, 2019.
- ↑ "RESOLUCIÓN DE ADJUDICACIÓN - LPI No.ETESA 02-19 - ETESA - Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica". ETESA. March 31, 2020.
- ↑ "Sobre nosotros". Celsia. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
