Diesel and Gas-Engine Plants in South America - other

Arica
Location: Chile
Operator: E-CL
Configuration: 14.3 MW
Fuel: diesel oil
Operation: 1953-??
T/G supplier: Mirrlees, GM
Quick facts: Arica DPP is on avenida Santa María n Arica.

Photograph courtesy of E-CL
Posted 28 Dec 2011

Cristiano Rocha
Location: Brazil
Operator: Rio Amazonas Energia SA
Configuration: 5 X 17.08 MW 18V46 engines
Fuel: heavy oil
Operation: 2006
E/G supplier: Wartsila
EPC: Wartsila
Quick facts: Cristiano Rocha is in Manaus and started up in Nov 2006. Electricity is supplied to local Eletrobrás company Amazonas Distribuidora de Energia SA (formerly Manaus Energia). The plant is planned for conversion to natural gas. RAESA is controlled by Multiner.

Photograph courtesy of Multiner SA
Posted 10 Apr 2011

GERA
Location: Brazil
Operator: Usina Geradora de Energia do Amazonas SA
Configuration: 5 X 16.6 MW 18V46 engines
Fuel: heavy oil
Operation: 2006
E/G supplier: Wartsila
EPC: Wartsila
Quick facts: This plant was ordered in Oct 2005. In Aug 2006, Development Fund of the Amazon (FDA) agreed $63.2mn in financing for the Gera project and an additional $21.1mn was supplied by the Constitutional Fund of the North (FNO). The contract was worth about €45mn to Wartsila.

Photograph courtesy of Grupo Servtec
Posted 15 Aug 2009

Loma los Colorados Landfill Phase-II
Location: Chile
Operator: KDM Energia SA
Configuration: 7 X 1.41-MW J-420 GS engines
Fuel: landfill gas
Operation: 2011
E/G supplier: Jenbacher
Quick facts: This $40mn project is the first landfill gas power plant in Chile and only the second full-size LFG power project in South America.. KDM is a company of Urbaser-Danner and ultimately an affiliate of Spain's ACS. Two 1-MW Waukesha engines were built as Phase-I. The Loma Los Colorados Landfill is in Til-Til 63km north of Santiago and takes a third of all of Chile's landfilled refuse. This is delivered via a rail line completed in May 2003.

Photograph courtesy of KDM Energia SA
Posted 20 Nov 2011

Ibague
Location: Colombia
Operator: Colombia Energy Operators SA
Configuration: 5 X 4.9-MW 18V34SG engines
Fuel: natural gas
Operation: 1998
E/G supplier: Wartsila
Quick facts: The plant supplies the Cimentos Diamante (CEMEX) cement plant, which has an annual capacity of 2mn tons.

Photograph courtesy of Wartsila
Posted 10 Feb 2005

Serra do Navio
Location: Brazil
Operator: Amapari Energy
Configuration: 12 X 1.9 MW
Fuel: diesel oil
Operation: 2008
E/G supplier: MAN/STX
Quick facts: Amapari Energy is a 51/49 partnership between MPX and Eletronorte. The plant went online in Jun 2008 and has a contract to supply electricity directly to the Anglo Ferrous Mining Amapá and serves the cities of Serra do Navio and Pedra Branca do Amapari in emergencies.

Photograph courtesy of MPX Energia
Posted 9 Apr 2011

 

Sete Lagoas
Location: Brazil
Operator: Cummins Brasil
Configuration: 44 X 1.5-MW 2000 DQKC engines
Fuel: diesel oil
Operation: 2002
E/G supplier: Cummins
EPC: Distribuidora Cummins Minas SA
Quick facts: The plant was deployed in Minas Gerais as part of Brazil's emergency generation program.

Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 19 Mar 2005

Tamaya
Location: Chile
Operator: E-CL
Configuration: 10 X 10.4 MW
Fuel: diesel oil
Operation: 2009
T/G supplier: Sulzer
Quick facts: The Tamaya plant is in Barriles 25km east ot Tocopilla. It was built on a fast-track basis using refurbished engines relocated from China when Argentine gas supplies were interrupted.

Photograph courtesy of E-CL
Posted 28 Dec 2011

Abbreviations

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

Updated 28-Dec-2011

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