Parts For Argentine Coal-Fired Plant Embark In China-Report
September 07 2009 - 11:00AM
Dow Jones News
Parts for a new coal-fired thermoelectric power plant under
construction in southern Argentina have been shipped from China,
according to a report in the Buenos Aires Economico newspaper.
Spanish engineering firm Isolux Corsan is in charge of the
240-megawatt plant, which will cost around $350 million and is
expected to start operations toward the end of 2012.
President Cristina Fernandez awarded Isolux the contract for the
plant, which is located in Rio Turbio, in the southern province of
Santa Cruz, in December 2007.
The equipment shipped from China are parts for the two
circulating fluidized bed, or CFB, steam generators being provided
by Foster Wheeler Ltd. (FWLT), according to the report.
According to press reports at the time, the Argentine government
is paying for construction of the power plant, which will be partly
financed with proceeds from the sale of coal from the nearby
state-owned Rio Turbio coal mine.
El Cronista said railroads have been upgraded to supply coal
from the mine to the new power plant. The plant is expected to
consume 350,000 tonnes of coal per year, according to the
report.
A 500-kilovolt line is expected to be built between the plant
and province capital Rio Gallegos, to connect to the national
grid.
-By Matthew Cowley, Dow Jones Newswires; +54 11 4103 6740;
matthew.cowley@dowjones.com