AES Fonseca power station
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AES Fonseca was a proposed 220-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant to be built in Puerto La Unión, El Salvador. It has since been converted to a natural gas-fired plant.
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Location
The map below shows Puerto La Unión, the approximate location where the plant was to be built.
Background
AES Fonseca was originally proposed in 2005 as a 220 MW plant, with a projected completion date of 2009 and an estimated cost of US$300 million.[1] By 2008, cost projections had doubled to US$600 million due to rising steel prices, but AES had obtained financing, and construction was expected to begin in early 2009.[2] As of mid-2009, construction had been placed on hold pending the outcome of an international tender in which AES was slated to compete with other bidders for energy contracts.[3]
A year later, AES announced that it would fuel the plant with natural gas rather than coal[4], but the project remained stalled due to unfavorable economic conditions in El Salvador.[5]
In April 2011, La Unión mayor Osmar Cruz signed a new municipal ordinance prohibiting coal-, oil- and natural gas-fired power plants, further jeopardizing the plant's prospects.[6] As a result of this ordinance, AES Fonseca opted not to participate in El Salvador's March 2012 energy tender.[7]
In August 2012, new mayor Ezekiel Milla reconfirmed the town's prohibition of coal-fired plants, but reversed the previous ban on natural gas plants.[8] As of 2014, AES Fonseca was planning the construction of a 548 MW, US$1 billion natural gas-fired plant in Puerto La Unión.[9]
Project Details
- Sponsor: AES El Salvador
- Parent company: AES
- Location: Puerto La Unión, El Salvador
- Coordinates: 13.336944, -87.843889 (approximate)
- Status: Cancelled
- Gross Capacity: 220 MW
- Type: Subcritical
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Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "AES to build 220MW coal-fired plant on Fonseca gulf coast,", BNAmericas, August 30, 2005.
- ↑ "$600 million for coal plant in El Salvador,", Central America Data, June 17, 2008.
- ↑ "Possible Delay in Coal Plant in El Salvador,", Central America Data, June 4, 2009.
- ↑ "Natural Gas Generator in El Salvador,", Central America Data, December 12, 2011.
- ↑ "El Salvador: $ 2,000 Million Investment Frozen,", Central America Data, November 17, 2010.
- ↑ "La Unión prohíbe inversiones energéticas,", El Mundo, February 15, 2012.
- ↑ "AES Fonseca will not Participate in Power Tender,", Central America Data, March 16, 2012.
- ↑ "El Salvador: No to Coal and Bunker in La Union,", Central America Data, August 15, 2012.
- ↑ "AES Fonseca,", AES El Salvador website, accessed April 2014.
