Termobijao power station
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Termobijao power station (Central Térmica Termobijao) is a shelved power station in Puerto Libertador, Córdoba, Colombia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Termobijao power station | Puerto Libertador, Puerto Libertador, Córdoba, Colombia | 7.845363, -75.677307 (approximate) |
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) | Technology | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | shelved | coal - unknown | 460 | unknown | 2024 | – |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Sator SAS [100.0%] |
Project-level coal details
- Coal source(s): Bijao coal mine
Background
In January 2018 Sator, a subsidiary of the Colombian cement and energy conglomerate Grupo Argos, received the required permit for construction of the 300 MW Termobijao coal plant from Colombia's environmental licensing agency ANLA (Agencia Nacional de Licencias Ambientales).[1][2] Coal for the plant was to be supplied by Sator's adjacent Bijao coal mine,[3] designated as Título Minero 4676 in the environmental permit and described in Grupo Argos company reports as an open-pit mine.[4] The 460 MW Termobijao project was expected to cost US$1.2 billion[5] and begin supplying electricity to Colombia’s national grid by 2023 or 2024.[6][3][2]
As of July 2022, Termobijao's environmental license remained valid, and the project had reportedly secured the necessary financing to move forward.[7] However, Termobijao had not appeared in official Colombian government lists of future power projects since mid-2021[8][9], and Colombia's energy planning agency UPME did not anticipate construction of new coal plant capacity in any of its 15-year scenarios for the 2020-2034 period, so the project was presumed to be shelved.[9][8]
In a 2023 list of registered Colombian power generation projects, a coal-fired power project called "Termobijao" was listed as having a nameplate capacity of 340 MW; However, the document declared the project "invalid."[10] A July 2023 government list of generation projects under development did not include the Termobijao power station, nor any other coal-fired power plants.[11] As of March 2024, there had been no further progress in the development of the coal-fired plant.
2023: Colombia joins the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
In September 2023, Colombia became a member of the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) and thereby committed to "halting the development of new unabated coal power plants and phasing out existing plants to keep the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5-degrees within reach."[12] While the shelved Termobijao power station had not yet been officially cancelled at the time of Colombia's commitment, it appeared unlikely that the project would progress.
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ "Resolución N°00054" (PDF). ANLA (Autoridad Nacional de Licencias Ambientales). January 12, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Las seis generadoras que se harían con subasta de energía". Portafolio. June 7, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "El carbón seguirá mandando en la generación de energía". Portafolio. March 6, 2018.
- ↑ "2015 Corporate Presentation" (PDF). Grupo Argos. 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Proyectan inversiones por 15.000 millones de dólares para el Caribe". País Minero. September 1, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Con 48 térmicas se reforzará la matriz de generación eléctrica". Portafolio. June 3, 2020.
- ↑ Alfonso López Suárez (July 8, 2022). "Listas 12 plantas termoeléctricas en caso de que no entre Hidroituango". El Colombiano.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Informe de Registro de Generación de Electricidad: Ubicación de los principales proyectos térmicos vigentes (p 22)" (PDF). SIEL. August 31, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Plan de Expansión de Referencia Generación – Transmisión 2020 – 2034: Volumen 2. Generación" (PDF). UPME. July 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ INFORME DE REGISTRO DE PROYECTOS DE GENERACIÓN; Semana 10 del 2023 Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética, Gov. of Colombia, Sept. 1, 2023
- ↑ INFORME DE AVANCE PROYECTOS DE GENERACIÓN – JULIO 2023 SUBDIRECCIÓN DE ENERGÍA ELÉCTRICA – GRUPO DE GENERACIÓN, Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética, Gov. of Colombia, July 2023
- ↑ Colombia and Panama Join Growing Coalition of Countries Committed to Phasing Out Coal, PPCA, Sept. 19, 2023
Additional data
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