Cerro Pabellon Geothermal Project is an 81MW geothermal power project. It is planned in Antofagasta, Chile. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently at the partially active stage. It will be developed in multiple phases. Post completion of the construction, the project is expected to get commissioned in March 2017. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is being developed by Geotermica del Norte. Enel, Empresa Nacional del Petroleo and Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 51%, 48.6% and 0.4% respectively.
The geothermal plant is of binary type. The geothermal site has in total 4 number of wells. Out of this 2 will be production wells and remaining 2 will be injection wells. Cerro Pabellon Geothermal Project will run at a temperature of 245 Degree Celsius.
The project is expected to generate 340GWh electricity and supply enough clean energy to power 165,000 households. The project is expected to offset 470,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
Cerro Pabellon Geothermal Project (Cerro Pabellon Geothermal Project Phase I) consists of 2 turbines.
Cerro Pabellon Geothermal Project (Cerro Pabellon Geothermal Project Phase II) consists of 2 turbines.
Development status
Post completion of the construction, the project is expected to get commissioned in March 2017.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project will be sold to Sistema Interconectado del Norte Grande under a power purchase agreement.
Contractors involved
Ormat Technologies is expected to render engineering procurement construction services for the geothermal power project.
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