Mitsubishi Hitachi wins 25 MW plant contract in Mexico

Cerro Prieto, geothermal power plant complex, Baja California, Mexico (source: flickr/ BajaAerial)

Alexander Richter 30 Oct 2014

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) has received a full turnkey order from Grupo Dragon through Geotermica para el Desarrollo S.A.P.I de C.V. (GEODESA), one of its power generation companies in Mexico, to build a 25 MW (megawatt) geothermal power generation plant. The event represents the 13th geothermal power generation plant to be supplied by the company to Mexico. The new power plant is slated to go on-stream in 2016.

MHPS received the order through Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (MHPS-MEX), a business base of MHPS in Mexico. The power plant, which is Mexico’s first geothermal power generation project by a private company, will be built in Domo de San Pedro, Nayarit state in midwest Mexico. In the construction project, MHPS will be responsible for engineering, manufacture, procurement and installation of major components, including the steam turbine, and balance of plant (BOP), as well as civil engineering work and commissioning.

Grupo Dragon developed and also operates two wind power generation farms and currently develops photovoltaic farms as well as new geothermal projects along the country. The power produced at the newly ordered geothermal power plant will be supplied to different private companies, to support their business activities.

Mexico ranks fifth in the world in terms of geothermal resources, and to date MHPS has received the order of 12 geothermal power plants from two power stations (six plants each) of Mexico’s Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) until now. MHPS considers Mexico one of its most important markets, with MHPS supplying thermal and geothermal power generation systems equivalent to 40 percent of Mexico’s installed capacity.