Gas Turbine and Combined-Cycle
 Power Plants in South America

 

Cardon Genevapca
Location: Venezuela
Operator:  CA La Electricidad de Caracas
Configuration: 3 X 105-MW W501D5A CHP
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Operation: 1994-1995
T/G supplier: WH, Brush
EPC: Raytheon
Quick facts: In 1995, EDC created Genevapca to develop and operate IPPs. Later in the year, after a bidding exercise with 14 other companies, Genevapca was authorized to develop Venezuela’s first IPP, this gas-turbine CHP plant supplying PDVSA’s Maraven refinery in Cardon and Lagoven refinery in Amuay and VASSA, a company making mineral oils and other hydrocarbon products.

Photograph courtesy of CA La Electricidad de Caracas
Posted 21 May 2008

Castillito
Location: Venezuela
Operator:  CA La Electricidad de Valencia (Eleval)
Configuration: 3 X 20-MW, 1 X 25-MW H-25
Fuel: natural gas
Operation: 1995-2006
T/G supplier: ABB, Hitachi
EPC: HPZ Venezuela, Mitsui
Quick facts: Shown is the fourth unit at Castillito. This machine was acquired throguh Mitsui & Co.

Photograph courtesy of HPZ Venezuela
Posted 21 May 2008

Enrique Garcia
Location: Ecuador
Operator: Electroguayas SA
Configuration: 1 X 102 MW W501D5 gas turbine
Fuel: diesel oil, natural gas
Operation: 1997
T/G supplier: WH
EPC: Schrader Camargo

Photograph courtesy of Electroguayas SA
Posted 30 Jul 2006

 

Oscar Machado
Location: Venezuela
Operator:  CA La Electricidad de Caracas
Configuration: 5 X 90 MW W501D5A
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Operation: 1994-1995
T/G supplier: WH
Quick facts: The first GTs went in at the Oscar Machado site near Caracas in the early 1960s.

Photograph courtesy of CA La Electricidad de Caracas
Posted 22 Dec 2001

La Tablada
Location: Uruguay
Operator: UTE
Configuration: 2 X 115 MW 9001E gas turbines
Fuel: distillate oil
Operation: 1991-1992
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: GE, Techint

Photograph courtesy of Admin Nac de Usinas y Trans Elec (UTE)
Posted 7 Feb 2004

 

Machala
Location: Ecuador
Operator: Noble Energy
Configuration: 2 X 65 MW 6001FA gas turbines
Fuel: natural gas
Operation: 2002
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Washington Group International, Santos CMI, Cointec
Quick facts: This plant near Guayaquil is fueled by gas from the Amistad offshore gas field. The gas-by-wire power plant is planned for eventual conversion to combined-cycle operation. The 14.5ha site is in Baja Alto, about 2km from the coast, and is connected to the gas production works by a 70km pipeline. A 14km transmission line connects to Transelectric’s existing 138kV line Milagro-Machala. The gas turbines were ordered from in June 2000.

Photograph courtesy of Washington Group International
Posted 30 Jun 2007

   

 

Termobarrancas
Location:
Venezuela

Operator: TermoBarrancas CA
Configuration: 2 X 171-MW 7001FA gas turbines
Operation: 2007
Fuel: natural gas
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Socoin, Inelectra, Schrader Camargo
Quick facts: This plant was the second developed by Repsol YPF to burn locally-produced natural gas. In Aug 2004, Repsol began negotiating a PPA with PDVSA and a 15yr agreement was signed n Mar 2005. Termobarrancas has be designed for eventual conversion to combined-cycle operation.

Photograph courtesy of Schrader Camargo Ingenieros Asociados
Posted 21 May 2008

 

Abbreviations:  BOT = build-own-transfer, CC = combined-cycle, CHP = combined heat and power, EGT = European Gas Turbines, GE = General Electric , GT = gas turbine, HRSG = heat recovery steam generator, MHI = Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, SWPC = Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp, T/G = turbine generator

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 09/20/08

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