Pantaleón power station

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Pantaleón power station (Planta cogeneradora Pantaleón) is an operating power station of at least 121-megawatts (MW) in Siquinalá, Escuintla, Guatemala. It is also known as Ingenio Pantaleón.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Pantaleón power station Siquinalá, Escuintla, Guatemala 14.3328, -90.9943 (exact)[1]

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2: 14.3328, -90.9943

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2] bioenergy - agricultural waste (solids), fossil liquids - fuel oil[3][2][4] 60[2] 1997[3]
Unit 2 operating[2] bioenergy - agricultural waste (solids), coal - unknown, fossil liquids - fuel oil[3][2][4] 61[2] 2015[5]

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Operator
Unit 1 Grupo Pantaleón[6] Ingenio Pantaleón[6]
Unit 2 Grupo Pantaleón[6] Ingenio Pantaleón[6]

Background

The Pantaleón power station at the Ingenio Pantaleón sugar mill is one of several Guatemalan power plants generating electricity from a mix of biomass, coal and bunker. During the November to May sugar cane harvest season, it runs on bagasse (cellulose fiber from crushed sugar cane stalks); from June to October, coal and/or bunker serve as backup fuels.[7][8][9]

The 121 MW power plant is owned by Pantaleón Energía.[10]

Annual reports from the Guatemalan sugar cane trade association Cengicaña indicate that bagasse has accounted for the majority of fuel consumption at the Pantaleón plant since its inception in 1997, supplemented by decreasing amounts of bunker.[11]

Guatemala's power generation planning report for 2020-2034, published by the Ministry of Energy and Mines, showed one 60 MW unit of the Pantaleón plant fueled with a combination of biomass and bunker, and a second 66.8 MW unit fired with biomass and coal.[12]

By contrast, Guatemala's national energy expansion plan for 2022-2052 showed the plant's 60 MW unit to be fueled exclusively by biomass, with a second 61.46 MW unit fueled by biomass and bunker.[13]

At the national level Guatemala continues to move away from coal towards renewables. Under the new contracts signed by national electricity agency EEGSA during Guatemala's February 2020 energy tender, plants burning coal only will account for 8% of national electricity production in 2021 (down from 18% in 2019) while plants such as Pantaleón that use a mix of coal and biomass will represent 2% of national production in 2021.[14]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://goo.gl/maps/Npe2B56nT2r4D4qu5. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 (PDF) https://mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PEG-2022-2052.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 (PDF) https://cengicana.org/files/20210929082458592.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 (PDF) https://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Plan%20de%20Expansio%CC%81n%20del%20Sistema%20de%20Generacio%CC%81n%20y%20Transporte%202020-2034.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://www.prensalibre.com/economia/plantas_de_carbon_aportaran_900_mw-plantas-carbon-900_mw-planta_carbon-plantas_carbon-jaguar-energia-jaguar_energy_0_1279072129-html/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 https://www.pantaleon.com/productos/energia/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Plantas de carbón aportarán 900 MW". Prensa Libre. January 5, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Recopilación de la Información de los Simposios de Análisis de la Zafra 1997/1998 – 2014/2015 de Generación de Energía (p 7)" (PDF). Cengicaña: Centro Guatemalteco de Investigación y Capacitación de la Caña de Azúcar. December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Boletín Estadístico Generación de Energía - Recopilación de la Información del Proceso de Generación de Energía Presentada en los Simposios de Análisis de las Zafras de 1997 al 2020 (p 22)" (PDF). Cengicaña: Centro Guatemalteco de Investigación y Capacitación de la Caña de Azúcar. September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "Pantaleón Energía". Pantaleón. Retrieved 2021-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "Boletín Estadístico Cogeneración 1997-2021 (pp 34-36)" (PDF). Cengicaña. September 29, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Plan de Expansión del Sistema de Generación y Transporte 2020-2034 (p 50)" (PDF). Ministerio de Energía y Minas de Guatemala. 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Plan de expansión indicativo del sistema de generación 2022-2052" (PDF). Ministerio de Energía y Minas. 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Del carbón a la energía limpia: Así son los nuevos contratos de generación de EEGSA". Prensa Libre. February 13, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Additional data

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