Río Corrientes power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Chilecoal}} Río Corrientes is a proposed 700-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Ventanas, between the communities of Puchuncaví and Quintero, V Region, Chile.
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Location
The map below shows Ventanas, the approximate location where the plant would be built.
Background
The US$1 billion Río Corrientes project called for the construction of two 350 MW coal-fired power plants at the Puchuncaví-Quintero Industrial Park, in the vicinity of the Ventanas copper smelting plant, about 150km northwest of Santiago. Concerns about pollution, which have long run high in the local community, reached a flash point in March 2011, when the nearby La Greda Elementary School was closed due to unsafe levels of sulphur dioxide generated by the Ventanas smelter. In May 2011, a variety of local groups mobilized against the Río Corrientes coal project[1], culminating in a 200-person protest march led by the mayors of Puchuncaví and Quintero.[2] In June 2011, Río Corrientes was rejected by the CEA (Comisión de Evaluación Ambiental) environmental commission[3], which was not satisfied with the plant's plans to mitigate pollution from its own operations and compensate residents for any damages caused.[4]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Campanario Generación
- Parent company: Southern Cross Group
- Location: Ventanas, V Region, Chile
- Coordinates: -32.7507557, -71.4813423 (approximate)
- Status:
- Unit 1: Cancelled 2011
- Unit 2: Cancelled 2011
- Gross Capacity:
- Unit 1: 350 MW
- Unit 2: 350 MW
- Type: Subcritical
- Projected in service:
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- Coal Source:
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "Ambientalistas anuncian movilizaciones en medio de tramitación de nueva termoeléctrica en Puchuncaví,", bibobiochile.cl, May 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Más de 200 personas marcharon en el rechazo a la nueva termoeléctrica Río Corrientes,", soyvalparaiso.cl, May 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Comisión de Evaluación Ambiental rechaza instalación de termoeléctrica RC Generación en Puchuncaví,", soyvalparaiso.cl, May 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Puchuncaví Coal-Burning Plant Rejected By Environmental Authorities,", Santiago Times, June 1, 2011.
