The San José Power Station is a 120-MW pulverized coal-fired power plant located near the town of Masagua, Guatemala. The plant site is located about 75 km south of Guatemala City near the Pacific coast. The plant imports coal from the international market to Guatemala through the TEMSA terminal, which is part of the San José project.
San José is a base-load facility providing power to Empresa Eléctrica de Guatemala, S.A. (EEGSA) under a 15-year power purchase agreement, with our option to extend for an additional 5 years.
The project consists of a steam turbine using a cooling tower for condenser fueling, a steam generator and a substation. Low nitrogen oxide (NOx) burners and a pulse jet fabric filter complement the low-sulphur coal selected as the fuel.
The project was constructed under a contract with J.A. Jones Construction and Black & Veatch International on a turn-key contract basis. The project also included port modifications to accommodate the importation of coal, as well as a transmission line to connect the plant to EEGSA's Alborada substation. The San José Power Station began commercial operation on Jan. 19, 2000.
TECO Guatemala operates and maintains the San José plant, and manages the fuel and day-to-day procurement for the facility. The company owns 100 percent of this project.
