CFE to invest $2.5 B in five new power plants
Federal Electricity Commission approves major electrical grid upgrade in Mexico.
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Mexico: Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) is investing $2.5 B to develop five new power plants in the coming years.
The CFE Board of Directors also announced it is taking steps to strengthen the electrical grid in the Yucatán Peninsula ahead of the summer season.
The five new power plants will feature state-of-the-art technology and will be built in Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Baja California Sur.
All but the Los Cabos power plant in Baja California Sur will be combined-cycle operations, which use gas and steam turbines together to produce up to 50 % more electricity from the same fuel than a single-cycle plant can manage. The Los Cabos project will feature an internal combustion power plant that will rely on internal combustion. The CFE explained this decision by saying internal combustion operations use less water and Los Cabos is located in a desert zone.
All five power plants will have a 30-year lifespan, the CFE said, and all will be capable of operating with diesel fuel in case of emergency.
Four other states — Sonora, Durango, Coahuila and Jalisco — will benefit directly, the CFE said, adding that these ventures are the first of 12 strategic projects included in the government’s Plan to Expand Energy Generation over the next six years, the CFE said.
Additionally, the CFE also authorized 137 projects to renovate, substitute and build new substations.
Source: Mexico News Daily
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