Santa Lucía power station
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Santa Lucía power station (Planta cogeneradora Santa Lucía) is an operating power station of at least 45-megawatts (MW) in Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla, Guatemala. It is also known as Santa Lucía Mill.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Lucía power station | Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla, Guatemala | 14.3458, -91.0647 (approximate)[1][2] |
The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | operating[3] | bioenergy - agricultural waste (solids), coal - unknown, fossil liquids - fuel oil[3][4] | 45[3] | 2015[5][6] | – |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Operator |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Grupo Campollo Codina[5][7] | Central Generadora Santa Lucía S.A.[6][7] |
Background
The Santa Lucía power station at the Ingenio Madre Tierra sugar mill is one of several Guatemalan power plants generating electricity from a mix of biomass, coal and bunker.[8] During the November to May sugar cane harvest season, it runs primarily on bagasse (cellulose fiber from crushed sugar cane stalks); from June to October, it uses coal and/or bunker as backup fuels.[9] The plant, which began operating in early 2015, is owned by Central Generadora Santa Lucía, S.A., a subsidiary of Grupo Campollo Codina.[10]
Guatemala's power generation planning report for 2020-2034, published by the Guatemalan Ministry of Energy and Mines, reported an installed capacity of 44 MW for the Santa Lucía power station, with biomass listed as the primary fuel source and coal as a secondary source.[11][12]
Guatemala's national energy expansion plan for 2022-2052 reported that the Santa Lucía plant had a slightly higher capacity of 44.88 MW, and that bunker rather than coal was used as a backup fuel in 2021.[12]
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 Santa Lucía that use a mix of coal and biomass will represent 2% of national production in 2021.[13]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 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) - ↑ https://goo.gl/maps/be9QLuL5nDoDSLqQ7.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 (PDF) https://mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PEG-2022-2052.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (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) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 (PDF) https://elobservadorgt.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bolet%C3%ADn-Enfoque-No.-42-Sobre-la-reforma-energ%C3%A9tica.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://www.cnee.gob.gt/pdf/resoluciones/2013/CNEE%20132%202013.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.facebook.com/ComunidadesAfectaddasPorTrecsa/posts/2052452224925439/?locale=hi_IN.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Quiénes Somos". Madre Tierra. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Plantas de carbón aportarán 900 MW". Prensa Libre. January 5, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Enfoque (p 10)" (PDF). El Observador. June 28, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "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) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Plan de expansión indicativo del sistema de generación 2022-2052" (PDF). Ministerio de Energía y Minas. 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Del carbón a la energía limpia: Así son los nuevos contratos de generación de EEGSA". Prensa Libre. February 13, 2020.
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Additional data
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