Good news about electricity in Nicaragua and the Pacific coast liquid natural gas (LNG) power plant being built by New Fortress Energy.
The construction of the power plant is now “above 85% complete and could start producing energy as early as next month, November 2021”, according to the Winnie Irizarry, Project Manager
Irizarry heads the management team of the New Fortress Energy division in Nicaragua; NFE Nicaragua Development Partners, constructing the gas import facility and 300-megawatt power plant at Puerto Sandino, Nicaragua.
The US $700 million power plant is designed to produce 300 megawatts (MW) of electricity which will enter the Nicaraguan and Central American grids for consumption in Nicaragua.
In the case of the Central American Grid or SIEPAC (System of Electrical Interconnection of the Countries of Central America) system, the power will be sold when there is a low national demand and a power surplus is available.
El 19 Digital News has a gallery of over 50 photographs from the recent press tour at the Puerto Sandino facility.
The seven gas turbine generators are capable of producing 44 megawatts of electricity for a combined 308 megawatts. Nicaragua has an average demand of 600 megawatts; therefore the Puerto Sandino power plant could produce as much as 50 percent of the country’s energy requirement.
With renewable energy production at about 52% at the time of writing, the Puerto Sandino power plant could provide the other 48% and make it possible to retire some of the older and inefficient power plants still in use around the country.
Trivia: Electricity Measurement
Watt-hours are used to measure the use of electricity over time. A 100-watt light bulb will draw 100 watts at any one moment and uses 100 watt-hours of electricity in the course of one hour.
Kilowatts and kilowatt-hours are used for measuring electricity used by large appliances or a whole house. One kilowatt (kW) is a 1,000 watts and one kilowatt-hour (kWh) is one hour of using electricity at a rate of 1,000 watts. Kilowatt-hours kWh usage is shown on your electricity bill.
Megawatts are used to measure the output of an electricity generating station. One megawatt (MW) = 1,000 kilowatts or 1,000,000 watts.
See also; Power Generation in Nicaragua – Fire, Sun, Wind and Rain
This is if US sanctions are not applied.
Yes. that issue has been published. I’d like to think that they got some kind of thumbs up from Washington, however, the notice to shareholders is very clear about what could happen.
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