Amatitlan Geothermal Power Plant
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Amatitlan Geothermal Power Plant
| General Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Amatitlan Geothermal Power Plant | |
| Sector | Geothermal energy | |
| Location Information | ||
| Location | Montufar, Pacaya Volcano National Park, Escuintla, Guatemala | |
| Coordinates | 14° 24' 31.68", -90° 36' 24.48"Show Map Loading map... {"type":"ROADMAP","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":14,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"mylocation":false,"mylocationfollow":false,"mylocationzoom":-1,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":14.4088,"lon":-90.6068,"icon":""}]} Hide Map
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| Geothermal Resource Area | Amatitlan Geothermal Area | |
| Geothermal Region | Central American Volcanic Arc ChainProperty "GeothermalRegion" (as page type) with input value "Central American Volcanic Arc Chain" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process. | |
| Plant Information | ||
| Facility Type | Back Pressure Steam, Binary | |
| Owner | Empresa de Generacion de Energia Electrica del INDE | |
| Developer | Ormat | |
| Energy Purchaser | Guatemalan Sistema Nacional Interconnectada | |
| Number of Units | 3 [1] | |
| Commercial Online Date | 2007 | |
| Power Plant Data | ||
| Type of Plant | ||
| Number of Generating Units | 3 [1] | |
| Operating Hours | ||
| Power Capacity | ||
| Installed Capacity (MW) (aka Total Generator Nameplate Capacity (Rated Power)) |
25.225.2 MW <br />25,200 kW <br />25,200,000 W <br />25,200,000,000 mW <br />0.0252 GW <br /> [1] | |
| Generating Capacity (MW) | 2020 MW <br />20,000 kW <br />20,000,000 W <br />20,000,000,000 mW <br />0.02 GW <br /> [2] | |
| Avg. Annual Gross Operating Capacity(MW) |
20 [2] | |
| Summer Peak Net Capacity (MW) | ||
| Winter Peak Net Capacity (MW) | ||
| Avg. Annual Generation/Consumption | ||
| Gross Generation (MWh) | ||
| Generation Delivered to Grid (MWh) | ||
| Plant Parasitic Consumption (MWh) | ||
| Well-Field Parasitic Consumption (MWh) |
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| Well Field | ||
| Number of Production Wells (total) | 5 [1] | |
| Number of Injection Wells (total) | ||
| Avg. Well Depth (m) | ||
| Geofluid/Geosteam flow rate into plant |
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| Average Temp of Geothermal Fluid into plant (°F) |
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| Development Area (km2) | ||
| Average Water Use | Gross | Consumed |
| Total Water Use, various processes (af/day) |
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| Daily Operation Water Use (af/day) |
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| Well Field Water Use (af/day) | ||
| Cooling Tower Water use (annual average) (af/day) |
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| Cooling Tower Water use (summer average) (af/day) |
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| Cooling Tower Water use (winter average) (af/day) |
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| Types of Water | ||
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Wellhead steam/brine at 9 bar generates power in the Kato Engineering 1.2 MW back-pressure steam turbine (unit 3) before expanded steam is passed to the two Ormat 12 MW OEC Binary turbines (units 1 and 2).