Fortuna power plant (Panama)
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| Coordinates | 8 ° 44 '40 " N , 82 ° 14' 56" W | |
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 Panama
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| place | Gualalca, Chiriquí Province | |
| Waters | Chiriquí | |
| Height upstream | 1050 m | |
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| owner | Enel Fortuna SA | |
| operator | Enel Fortuna SA | |
| Start of operation | 1984 | |
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| Bottleneck performance | 300 megawatts | |
| Average height of fall |
765 m | |
| Standard work capacity | 1661 million kWh / year | |
| Turbines | Pelton turbines : 3 × 100 MW | |
| Others | ||
| Website | Fortuna Hydroelectric plans | |
The Fortuna power plant ( Spanish planta hidroeléctrica Fortuna ), also called Edwin Fabrega power plant , is located in the west of Panama in the Chiriquí province . The dam of the power plant dams the Chiriquí river . The reservoir she created is located in the Reserva Forestal (De) Fortuna protected area .
Barrier structure
The barrier structure consists of a CFR dam originally 60 m high, which was increased to 98 m from 1992 to 1994. The maximum height of the dam is also given as 100 or 105 m. The length of the crown is 600 m.
Reservoir
At full back , the reservoir holds 172.3 million cubic meters of water.
power plant
With an installed capacity of 300 MW - this corresponds to 23% of the generation capacity in Panama - the power plant is Panama's largest hydropower plant . The average annual production is given as 1.661 billion kWh. The generation of the Fortuna power plant fluctuates, however: it was z. B. in 2002 at 1.9433 billion kWh and in 2003 at 1.4037 billion kWh.
When the power plant was commissioned in 1984, two machines with a maximum output of 100 MW each were installed, and the third machine followed the following year. The machines' Pelton turbines were supplied by Kvaerner and the associated generators by BBC .
The machines are located in an underground machine house 430 m below ground, which is about 8 km from the dam. The water is first passed through a 6 km long tunnel with a diameter of 5 m and then flows through a 1.4 km long and 3.6 m wide penstock to the machine house. The height of fall is 765 m. From there it is returned to the river via an 8 km long tunnel.
The Pelton turbines with a vertical shaft and five nozzles each have a nominal speed of 514 / min. The associated generators have a nominal generator voltage of 13.8 kV. The substation is above the machine house on the surface. Two 230 kV lines lead from him to Panama City .
owner
The following companies are named as owners and operators of the power plant: Instituto de Recursos Hidráulico y Electrificación (IRHE) or Enel Fortuna SA According to this source, the Fortuna power plant was built by IRHE, but 49% of the shares in the power plant were sold in 1998. This 49% was then acquired by Enel in 2006 .
According to BNamericas, Enel Fortuna has the following owners: the company Enel (share via Enel Investment Holding 50.06%), the state of Panama (49.9%) and the employees of IRHE (0.04%).
The construction costs for the Fortuna power plant were $ 532 million. Enel Fortuna's 2011 revenue was $ 185 million and after-tax income was $ 45 million, which is $ 0.45 per share. In 2007 and 2008 it was $ 0.37 and $ 0.70 per share, respectively.
Others
The company Enel Fortuna has 300 MW of installed capacity the second largest electricity producer in Panama to AES Panama.
In 2013, the network operator Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica SA (Etesa) awarded the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht the contract to build a third transmission line from the hydropower plants on the Chiriquí River to Panama City . The line will have a length of 320 km and a transmission capacity of 800 MW. It is said to cost $ 234 million.
A wind farm is to be built in the Reserva Forestal (De) Fortuna protected area , which will include 75 wind turbines with a capacity of 2 MW each. The estimated cost is $ 253 million.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Hydroelectric Plants in Panama. (No longer available online.) Power Plants Around the World, archived from the original on January 26, 2013 ; accessed on October 18, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c OHIGGINIS ARCIA JARAMILLO: Reserva Forestal Fortuna, en riesgo por parque eólico. La Prensa Panamá, December 16, 2013, accessed October 18, 2014 (Spanish).
- ↑ Milagros Sánchez Pinzón: La Reserva Forestal de Fortuna. (No longer available online.) The Visitor / El Visitante, March 27, 2014, archived from the original on November 22, 2014 ; Retrieved October 18, 2014 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Optimización de los Recursos Hidráulicos Ríos Caldera y Chiriquí. ETESA, accessed on October 18, 2014 (Spanish): "[..] una presa de enrocado con pantalla de hormigón de unos 100 metros de altura."
- ↑ a b c d e CENTRAL FORTUNA. (No longer available online.) EUPRO SA, archived from the original on August 8, 2014 ; Retrieved October 18, 2014 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e f Edwin Fabrega (Fortuna) Hydroelectric Power Plant Panama. Global Energy Observatory, accessed October 18, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c d Enel Fortuna (Enel Fortuna SA). BNamericas, accessed October 18, 2014 .
- ^ Enel Fortuna, SA Financial Statements. (PDF 468 KB p. 7) (No longer available online.) Enel Fortuna, SA, archived from the original on August 8, 2014 ; accessed on October 18, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Panama: Enel Fortuna Hydroelectric Doubles Earnings Per Share. Central America Data, April 16, 2009, accessed October 18, 2014 .
- ^ Odebrecht to Build Third Transmission Line in Panama. Central America Data, October 21, 2013, accessed October 18, 2014 .
- ^ The Energy is There But Not The Transmission Line. Central America Data, April 1, 2014, accessed October 18, 2014 .
