Dos Bocas power station

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Dos Bocas power station (Central CC Dos Bocas) is an operating power station of at least 452-megawatts (MW) in Medellín de Bravo, Veracruz, Mexico.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Dos Bocas power station Medellín de Bravo, Veracruz, Mexico 19.085597, -96.146389 (approximate)[1]

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year
1 Operating[2][3] fossil gas: natural gas[2] 226[4][3] combined cycle[5][6][4] not found 1993[2][7][3]
2 Operating[6][3] fossil gas: natural gas[2] 226[4][3] combined cycle[5][6][4] not found 1993[2][7][3]

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%][2][6][5] Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100.0%]
2 Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100%][2][6][5] Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE [100.0%]

Background

The Dos Bocas power station originally had a capacity of 452 MW, comprising two combined cycle blocks of 226 MW each.[8] CFE reportedly planned to retire one of the blocks in 2015[9], but a 2018 government report still listed the plant's capacity at 452 MW.[10] In 2020, CFE noted that 226 MW of Dos Bocas' production remained vital to national energy supply despite high costs of operation.[11]

As of September 2020, plans called for the entire plant to be retired upon the commissioning of the new Dos Bocas II power station.[12] However, as of October 2024, with the future of the Dos Bocas II power station uncertain, the original Dos Bocas plant continued to operate.[13]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125142320/https://www.google.com/maps/place/CC+DOS+BOCAS+CFE/@19.0837223,-96.1472128,372m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x85c36b047bfdf7c5:0x51e51b8bc6be63dd!8m2!3d19.0834642!4d-96.1465445!16s%2Fg%2F11j58t4p_v?entry=tts. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 (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)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125093703/https://apps1.semarnat.gob.mx:8443/dgiraDocs/documentos/ver/resolutivos/2020/30VE2020E0024.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125102811/https://www.uv.mx/personal/avidal/files/2013/06/A4_2692.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125113319/https://www.gob.mx/conuee/articulos/visitan-funcionarios-de-la-conuee-la-central-de-ciclo-combinado-dos-bocas-y-la-termoelectrica-presidente-adolfo-lopez-mateos. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221207054910/https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/331770/PRODESEN-2018-2032-definitiva.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125102714/https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/258363/ANEXO_D.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Analisis de Sensibilidad Realizado a una Planta de Ciclo Combinado" (PDF). Facultad de Ingeniería Región Veracruz, Universidad Veracruzana. September 24, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Saldrán de operación ocho centrales generadoras de CFE". El Universal. July 13, 2015.
  10. "PRODESEN 2018-2032 (p 143)" (PDF). SENER. 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "PAMRNT 2020-2034 - Programa de Ampliación y Modernización de la Red Nacional de Transmisión y Redes Generales de Distribución del Mercado Eléctrico Mayorista (p 76)" (PDF). CENACE. 2020. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 44 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Estudio de Riesgo Ambiental del Proyecto Ciclo Combinado Dos Bocas II" (PDF). SEMARNAT. September 11, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Permisos Vigentes de Generación, Importación y Exportación de Energía". Comisión Reguladora de Energía / Unidad de Electricidad. 2024-08-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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