Ilo 2 power station

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Ilo 2 power station is a 135-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Pacocha, Ilo, Peru.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is near Pacocha, Ilo, Peru.

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Background

The plant's original coal-fired, 135 MW Unit 1 went online in August 2000. In June 2013 the plant's owner, Enersur, added three diesel-fueled cold reserve units at the Ilo facility, with a total capacity of 460 MW, expandable to 560 MW. A proposed 135 MW coal-fired Unit 2 for the Ilo 2 plant was still listed in Platts' World Electric Power Plants Database as of June 2015 but appears to have been abandoned since it is not included in Enersur's plans or in recent coverage of Peruvian operations on the website of Enersur's parent company Engie.

Planned Retirement

In December 2019 Engie announced that the plant would close by 2022.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Enersur
• Parent company: Engie/GDF Suez
• Location: Pacocha, Ilo, Peru
• Coordinates: -17.7759701, -71.1892805 (exact)
• Status:
  • Unit 1: Operating
  • Unit 2: Cancelled
• Gross Capacity:
  • Unit 1: 135 MW
  • Unit 2: 135 MW
• Type: Subcritical
• Projected in service:
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