Baja California III Combined Cycle (294 MW): Advanced engineering and sustainability on the Pacific coast
Mexico
The Baja California III Combined Cycle is a 294 MW power plant located on the Pacific coast near Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, and operated by Iberdrola as an Independent Power Producer. This Baja California III Combined Cycle features General Electric technology in a 1×1 multi-shaft configuration, with both gas and steam turbines, a heat recovery boiler with supplementary firing, and once-through seawater cooling systems to protect the local marine environment. IDOM contributed detailed engineering to ensure efficiency and sustainability in this strategic project.
The combined cycle, designed in a multi-axis 1×1 mode, incorporates a gas turbine (186 MW) and a steam turbine (108 MW) with General Electric technology, a recovery boiler with the possibility of post-combustion, and infrastructures for transmission and supply of the natural gas used as fuel.
Located on the shores of the Pacific, the plant will use seawater in an open circuit (once-through) for cooling, with a maximum thermal difference of 7º Celsius, resulting in no impact on the marine fauna in the area.
IDOM collaborated with Iberdrola developing the detailed engineering (Mechanical and Process, Implementation and Design, Electrical, and Instrumentation and Control).
Video presentation of the plant (Spanish), courtesy of Iberdrola
