The 378-megawatt Energa del Pacifico power plant in El Salvador’s greatest private infrastructure investment as reported by Offshore Energy.
The innovative technology solution includes a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). Wärtsilä 50SG gas engines and a steam turbine cycle are also part of the solution, which will meet 30% of the country’s electricity requirement. As a result, the country will become a net exporter of electric power rather than a net importer.
Furthermore, because it will replace heavy fuel oil power generation, the LNG-to-power project, which began in 2013, represents a vital shift to greener energy production.
Invenergy became the majority shareholder in Energa del Pacifico in 2019. The initial task was to come up with a technically feasible solution for the LNG importing facility. Ultimately, Energia del Pacifico found that a permanently moored FSRU converted from an existing LNG carrier was the most practical and cost-effective solution.
This is also the FSRU for Central America. It is located in Sonsonate’s Port of Acajutla. It has a capacity of 280 million standard cubic feet per day of regasification and 137,000 cubic metres of LNG storage.
How it will work:
- The FSRU will receive and store LNG transferred from LNG carriers, then regasify the LNG onboard the FSRU to meet the power plant’s needs.
- A subsea pipeline will devđliver gas to the onshore power plant, which started this week.
Wärtsilä provided the regasification and power generation systems onboard the FSRU.
Additionally, the new LNG-to-power plant will promote the easy integration of renewable energy into the system.
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Source: Offshore Energy
