EcoEléctrica at a glance
What we are: An i ntegrated facility that includes a power plant fired by natural gas; LNG terminal and a desalination plant.
Plant efficiency: 7500 BTU/kWh
Plant availability: Approximately 94% of the time.
Location: Tallaboa in Punta Guayanilla, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico.
Employees: Approximately 78, 82% are from southern Puerto Rico .
Capacity : 540 MW nominal capacity and 507 MW contracted capacity.
Energy production: Generates approximately 13% of energy consumed in Puerto Rico .
Energy contract: EcoEléctrica produces and sells electricity to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority under a power purchase agreement that is valid from the year 2000 through 2022.
LNG terminal: Natural Gas is transformed into liquefied natural gas (LNG) in neighboring Trinidad Tobago in order to facilitate its transportation by sea. It takes an LNG ship approximately 30 hours to make the journey to Puerto Rico .
LGN tank : It has a storage capacity of 1,000,000 barrels of LNG, the equivalent of 160,000 cubic meters or 42 million gallons or a 40 day power supply. The plant also includes equipment to convert LNG to its gaseous stage.
Fuels: Although EcoEléctrica generates electricity primarily with natural gas, the plant is equipped to run with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or propane gas) and diesel fuel.
Water production : EcoEléctrica has the capacity to produce 2,000,000 gallons of desalinated water per day. Fifty-percent of the production is consumed by the plant and the remainder is sold to PREPA and to the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority.
Environmental benefits: Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel available on the international market.