Minas San Francisco is a 270MW hydro power project. It is located on Jubones river/basin in Azuay, Ecuador. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 2011 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2019. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is currently owned by Corporacion Electrica del Ecuador with a stake of 100%.
Minas San Francisco is a run-of-river project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 14 million cubic meter. The gross head and net head of the project are 510m and 474.51m respectively. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, are 1 in number. The penstock length is 530m. The penstock diameter is 3.77m. The project generated 994.52 GWh of electricity.
The hydro power project consists of 3 turbines, each with 90MW nameplate capacity.
The project has 3 electric generators installed at the site.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2011 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2019.
Contractors involved
Harbin Electric International was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the hydro power project.
Corporacion Electrica del Ecuador is the O&M contractor for the hydro power project.
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