CFE invests US$72.6m to reduce surface of Cerro Prieto evaporation reservoir
Cerro Prieto, geothermal power plant complex, Baja California, Mexico (source: flickr/ BajaAerial)
Alexander Richter
24 Jul 2011
Mexican state run power company CFE will complete the design of a MXN 846 million (USD 72.6m) project to reduce the surface of Cerro Prieto's evaporation reservoir, to be completed in 2018, following complaints on emissions at the Cerro Prieto geothermal power plant complex.
Reported from Mexico, “Mexican state-run power company Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) has worked out a plan to respond to the complaints against its 720 MW Cerro Prieto geothermal power plant, CFE’s manager, Antonio Vivanco, told lawmakers yesterday.
The complaints concern possible environmental and health impacts of the plant, which operates in the Mexicali city, in the Baja California state.
In 2011, CFE will complete the design of a MXN 846 million (USD 72.6m/EUR 51.1m) project to reduce the surface of Cerro Prieto’s evaporation reservoir, Vivanco said. The project will be completed in 2018.
The company will also contract a laboratory to determine if there are emissions of benzene and other gases.
Apart from Cerro Prieto, Mexico has the Los Azufres, Los Humeros and Las Tres Virgenes geothermal power pants, with a capacity of 188 MW, 40 MW and 10 MW, respectively, according to the energy ministry.”
Source: Utility Products
