Abengoa, ENEL Prepare to Build Combined-Cycle Cogen Power Station in Mexico

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--PMX Cogeneracion, SA de CV (Mexico City, Mexico), with Enel Green Power Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico) and Abengoa Mexico, SA de CV (Mexico City, Mexico) as joint venture partners, is conducting preliminary engineering for a combined-cycle, natural gas-fired cogeneration power station in Mexico. The power station will be located about 3.5 kilometers from the municipality of Salina Cruz in the state of Oaxaca. The station will be close to the Antonio Dovalí Jaime refinery, which is owned by Pemex Refinacion, a subsidiary of Pemex (Mexico City). The estimated investment for the project is about $950 million.

The Salina Cruz cogeneration power station will include two 171-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired heavy frame combustion turbine generators with heat recovery steam generators (HRSG) driving PME 175-MW steam turbine generator set in a 2-on-1 combined cycle configuration. The cogeneration power station will generate 517 MW and supply 850 tons per hour of steam to the refinery. Excess power will be sold to the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico's state-owned utility, and the project will help the Mexican government in its plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by around 50% by 2050.

The project is estimated to create about 1,500 local site preparation and construction jobs. About 25-35 permanent positions will be created for labor security, operation and maintenance of the power station.

Site preparation for this power station is expected to start around October-November of this year, with full operations to commence by the end of 2018.

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