Luz de Atacama power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Chilecoal}} The Luz de Atacama power station was a 1410-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station proposed for northern Chile.
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Location
The map below shows the Atacama Desert, where the plant was to be built.
Background
The Luz de Atacama project was to combine a port, a desalination plant, and a power station. The project was first proposed by a group of former executives of AES Gener in November 2015, to be implemented in stages over a term of eight years.[1] The size of the power units was not specified, nor was the exact location of the project in the Atacama Desert. The project was to include the construction of a port with two sites for large ships. The design of the project included the cogeneration of power and desalinated water. It was slated to use supercritical combustion.[2]
In June 2016 the EIA was rejected for insufficient documentation. The sponsor said they plan to resubmit the EIA.[3]
An EIA submitted in July 2016 describes the project as "at least 350 MW" with a total project cost of US$4 billion.[4]
In August 2016, the Atacama region's Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental (SEA) announced early termination of its evaluation of the Luz de Atacama project due to insufficient information. The SEA's decision required that Luz de Atacama's management team provide all missing background information requested by the SEA within five days or begin the entire environmental impact assessment process anew.[5]
In May 2017, El Diario de Atacama identified Luz de Atacama as the largest of three fossil fuel-based power plants that had recently been cancelled due to the growing viability of renewable energy projects in northern Chile.[6]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Luz de Atacama
- Parent company:
- Location: Atacama Desert, Chile
- Coordinates: -24.6, -70.5 (approximate)
- Status:
- Phase 1: Cancelled
- Phase 2: Cancelled
- Capacity: 1,410 MW total
- Phase 1: 350 MW
- Phase 2: 1,060 MW
- Type: Supercritical
- Projected in service:
- Coal Type:
- Coal Source:
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Former executives of Gener and fund prepare millionaire thermoelectric project in the Atacama Region, Atacama Noticias, Jan. 7, 2016
- ↑ "Luz de Atacama," project website, accessed April 2016
- ↑ "Declaran no admisible a Luz de Atacama el mayor proyecto termoeléctrico del país," Biobio Chile, June 17, 2016
- ↑ "Proyectos presentados al Sistema de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental en julio de 2016," Codexerde, July 4, 2016
- ↑ "SEA resuelve el término anticipado del proceso evaluación del proyecto Luz Atacama," Atacama Viva, August 30, 2016
- ↑ "68 proyectos ya aprobados soportarán baja de termoeléctricas," El Diario de Atacama, May 10, 2017
