The Commission Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico, is extending its 2×43 MW plant at La Paz, Baja California Sur by installing a diesel power plant based on a 42.3 MW MAN B&W 12K80MC-S prime mover. The order with MAN has been place by Spanish contractor Acciona Instalaciones.
The new plant will work in combined cycle with a bottoming cycle steam turbine and produce its 42.3 MW (net) at an efficiency rate of 44.34% at site ambient conditions at the station busbar.
The engine, and its related equipment, will be supplied by MAN Diesel & Turbo’s licensee Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Korea together with Acciona Instalaciones. Hyundai Heavy Industries has already supplied a similar 43 MW plant at La Paz.
The MAN B&W plant will run on locally sourced fuel, with a viscosity of around 1100 cSt at 50˚C and 4.3% sulphur content – the first two engines already operate successfully on the same fuel. The new installation complements the existing facility with one MAN B&W 10K90MC-S engine and one MAN B&W 12K80MC-S engine and fulfils all local environmental regulations.
