Arizona
The Arizona plant, IPS Guatemala’s highest-capacity thermal plant, began operations in 2003 and was acquired by International Power Services in 2021. Located in Puerto de San José and connected to the San Joaquin Substation, Arizona provides the people of Guatemala with 170 MW of firm capacity, ensuring a reliable power supply every day.
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PLANT OVERVIEW
The Arizona plant provides the people of Guatemala with fast responding thermal energy using reciprocating engines with a Miller Cycle and a combined cycle, making it the most efficient modular thermal plant of its technology. It is interconnected to the National Grid by a 33 km transmission line to the San Joaquin Substation with a 230KV voltage.
- Commissioned on 2003, acquired by IPS Guatemala in 2021
- Thermal plant coupled with a combined-cycle, steam-based plant
- 170 MW generation capacity
PLANT SPECIFICATIONS
Thermal
The Arizona plant is located on a 30-hectare plot near the Port of Puerto Quetzal, with a 4km pipeline used to unload the fuel from the ships directly to the tanks at the plant directly from the port. The plant is connected to the National Grid through the San Joaquin substation with a 230 kV voltage.
It is comprised of:
- Ten Wartsila Diesel Miller Engines 18V46
combined-cycle steam engine
The Arizona power combined-cycle steam turbine was commissioned in 2008.
General specifications:
- Comprised of one Elliot steam turbine
- 5 MW generated capacity
