GE’s Distributed Power business (NYSE:GE) announced today that its
channel partner in Mexico, Smith Power Mexico S de RL de CV, will
provide its gas engine technology to engineering, procurement and
construction (EPC) contractor SEISA for Enerkin SAPI de C.V.’s (Enerkin)
new combined heat-and-power (CHP) plant in Mexico. Enerkin is the first
independent power producer in the state of Yucatan, and its new CHP
plant in Merida, will help meet the Mexican government’s initiative for
efficient cogeneration.
Enerkin is a special purpose company formed by Proteinas y Oleicos S.A.
de C.V. (Proteinas y Oleicos) and other companies based in Merida. The
new CHP project will use three of GE’s Jenbacher two-stage turbocharged
J624 gas engine generator sets to produce 13.125 megawatts (MW) of
electric power and 13,800 pounds per hour of saturated steam from the
exhaust of the units. The electric power produced will be used to power
the existing plants of the shareholders with the surplus energy being
wheeled to the Federal Electricity Commission’s (CFE) grid. The CFE is
the Mexican state-owned electric utility. The saturated steam produced
from the engine exhaust will be used as process steam in the Proteinas y
Oleicos manufacturing plant.
By integrating GE’s advanced gas engine technology into the Enerkin CHP
plant, it will allow the stakeholders to displace purchased power from
CFE and to realize significant savings through the high-cycle efficiency
of the plant.
Enerkin’s new plant is the first CHP project in Mexico to feature GE’s
Jenbacher J624 gas engines, and it also is the first EPC agreement
between Enerkin and SEISA, a major international energy projects
developer based in Monterrey.
“This project strengthens our position as a leading gas engine supplier
for CHP and distributed power projects throughout the world,” said
Gerardo Villavicencio, business leader, Mexico for GE’s Distributed
Power business. “By integrating our high-efficiency gas engines into a
CHP application, Enerkin will be able to better meet its immediate power
and steam requirements.”
The plant is scheduled to begin commercial operation in May 2015. With
the success of the initial phase, the potential exists for the CHP plant
to be expanded with additional units.
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