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Combined cycle
Combined cycle power plants
In combined cycle power plants (CCP), we generate energy through the direct combustion of natural gas and the reuse of waste gases to produce new energy. These power plants achieve an efficiency of 55%, while conventional thermal power plants do not exceed 30%.
Projects in operation
- CCC Hermosillo (México)
- Installed capacity: 283.5 MW
- Location: Hermosillo, Sonora
- In operation: since 2001
- CCP Tuxpan (México)
- Installed capacity: 1,180 MW
- Location: Veracruz, Tuxpan
- In operation: since 2003
- CCC EcoEléctrica (Puerto Rico)
- Installed capacity: 540 MW
- Location: Punta Guayanilla en Peñuelas
- In operation: since 2000
- CCC Naco Nogales (México)
- Installed capacity: 364 MW
- Location: Agua Prieta, Sonora
- In operation: since 2003
- CCC Norte Durango (México)
- Installed capacity: 570 MW
- Location: Victoria de Durango
- In operation: since 2010
O&M
- CCC La Caridad (México)
- Installed capacity: 516 MW
- Location: Nacozarí de Garcia, Sonora
- In operation: since 2013