EDP’s energy infrastructure project consists of four components: 1) Generation Plant; 2) Transmission Lines and associated Substations; 3) Subsea Gas Pipeline; and 4) Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU).
Power Generation Plant
Wartsila FlexicycleTM combined cycle power plant with a capacity of 380MW, consisting of 19 Wartsila 18V50SG engines of 18.9MW each and a 28MW Steam Turbine.
Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU)
In a partnership with BW, one of the world’s leading maritime groups, EDP signed a long-term lease agreement for the FSRU, BW Tatiana, to hold the exclusive rights to store and regasify its LNG supply.
The BW Tatiana, has an LNG storage capacity of 137,000 m3 and has a regasification capacity of 280 MMSCFD, consisting of four trains of 70 MMSCFD capacity each. Each regasification train can supply the gas demand of the generation plant. The FSRU’s 137,000 m3 are sufficient to supply 45 days of EDP’s generation at full capacity.
Transmission Lines and Associated Substations
A 44 km double circuit 230 kV line to the Ahuachapán Substation.
A 230 kV double circuit subway interconnection line to the Acajutla Substation.
Two GIS (gas insulated) substations, one inside the EDP plant and one inside the ETESAL Acajutla substation.
One AIS (air isolated) substation inside ETESAL’s Ahuachapan substation.
Subsea Gas Pipeline
A combination of a flexible riser and a subsea and onshore pipeline that transfers natural gas from the FSRU to the generation plant.
The total length of the pipeline is approximately 1.8 km.
Positive Effect on the Environment
As of June 2024, EDP reduced greenhouse gas emissions in El Salvador by offsetting approximately 3.5 million tons of carbon emissions, as it replaced the generation of other fossil fuels such as heavy fuel oil and diesel with natural gas.