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Chixoy
Location: Alta Verapaz
Operator: Empresa de Generacion de Energia Electrica del INDE
Configuration: 5 X 60 MW Kaplan
Operation: 1983-1986
T/G supplier: Sulzer Escher Wyss
EPC: Lahmeyer, Motor Columbus, International Engineering, Cogefar
Quick facts: Construction on the dam started in 1975 with funding from the
World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. Extensive redesign
work was needed to upgrade seismic qualifications for the dam and
tunneling works and project came in substantially over-budget. The local
resettlement effort was poorly handled and resulted in claims that are not
yet settled 20yrs after the power project went into operation.
Photograph courtesy of Washington Office on Latin America
Posted 14 May 2006 |
El Canada
Location: Quetzaltenango
Operator: Generadora del Occidente SA
Configuration: 2 X 22 MW Pelton
Operation: 2005
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Acres International, Solel Boneh
Quick facts: This plant is on the Rio Samala in Zunil, Quetzaltenango
department, 100km west of Guatemala City. The plant owner is a subsidiary of Enel Latin America LLC. In
addition to the T/G sets, GE supplied two substations, a 4km overhead transmission line, and training services.
Equipment was manufactured in Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Norway, and Spain. ENEL signed a 21yr CDM
emissions credit agreement covering 144,000 tons/yr of CO2 for the new plant. The
scheme includes a small rubber diversion dam, flushing structure, desander, 1.2km tunnel, a small peaking reservoir,
penstock intake structure, and a 2.4km buried steel penstock. The plant has a gross head of 395m.
Photograph courtesy of Acres International
Posted 17 May 2006 |
Jorge Galvez Freund
Location: Alta Verapaz
Operator: Hidroelectrica Secacao SA
Configuration: 1 X 16.5 MW Pelton
Operation: 1998
T/G supplier: Bouvier, GEC-Alstom
EPC: Voest, EES Consulting
Quick facts: Hidrosecacao was formed in 1996 by a group of private
investors to invest in Guatemala's re-structured power sector.
The Freund plant is a run-of-river power station
on the Rio Trece Aguas 80km from Coban. It is connected to the INDE grid by a 72km,
69kV transmission line to the San Julien Substation. Output is about 101 GWh/yr. Design water flow is 3.6m3/sec
with a head of 524m. The high-pressure penstock has a length of 2,395m. Construction took 18mos.
Photograph courtesy of Hidroelectrica Secacao SA
Posted 17 Jun 2006 |
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Las Vacas
Location: Guatemala
Operator: Fabrigas SA
Configuration: 2 X 20 MW, 1 X 5 MW Pelton
Operation: 2002-2003
T/G supplier: VA TECH
EPC: Ghella Sogene
Quick facts: This project is at a reservoir on the Rio Las Vacas. An
average of 120 GWh/yr is sold under a PPA with COMEGSA. An 18 km
transmission line connects the plant to the Ciudad Quetzal substation in
Guatemala City. The
project included a plastics recycling plant to deal with floating plastic
waste that accumulates at the plant dam, a sludge storage area, and a reforestation program.
The 139m concrete gravity dam built for Las Vacas has a crest length of 136m. A 4.5km intake tunnel runs to two 750m,
parallel steel penstocks.
Photograph courtesy of Fabrigas SA
Posted 7 Aug 2011 |
Montecristo
Location: Quetzaltenango
Operator: Enel Lartin America
Configuration: 2 X 6.7 MW Francis
Operation: 2007
T/G supplier: VA TECH
EPC: Solel Boneh
Quick facts: Montecristo was built at the end of the tailrace canal of El
Canadá tailrace canal and is operated remotely from the upstream
powerhouse. Commercial operation began in Jul 2007. The plant is
grid-connected at 69kV and supplies about 52 GWh/yr.
Photograph courtesy of Enel SpA
Posted 17 Jun 2006 |
San Isidro
Location: Baja Verapax
Operator: Enel Lartin America
Configuration: 2 X 1.96 MW Pelton
Operation: 2002
T/G supplier: Sulzer, Alstom
EPC: ESBI
Quick facts: This run-of-river facility is 150km north of Guatemala City.
It was built at the end of the 2.2km Chilasco water transfer channel,
first opened in 1967 to divert water from the Rio Chilasco River to San
Isidro to support irrigation efforts in Salama. The scheme has a 697m
low-pressure pipeline, a 450m tunnel and a 1,410m high-pressure penstock
to a ground level powerhouse. San Isidro is connected via a 9km secondary
transmission line to the Matanzas Substation. Construction began on 15 Jan
2001 and the facility went commercial on 17 Jul 2002.
Photograph courtesy of Enel SpA
Posted 20 Nov 2010 |
