MANmagazine Power 1/2015

man magazine
1/2015
Next to six engines
MAN Diesel & Turbo also
supplied plenty of auxiliary
equipment.
my man
Up in
thinner air
Operating at an altitude of
2,400 meters, MAN engines
face challenging conditions
in a new Ecuadorian plant.
The Guangopolo II Plant serves
to satisfy the power needs also
expanding in Ecuador.
Navigating a labyrinth of
lines at roughly 2,400
meters above sea level.
Photos: Guerra Roberto
Vladimir Burbano, Head
of Operations at the
Guangopolo II facility.
L
ocated near Ecuador’s capital, Quito,
the new Guangopolo II Plant extends
an already existing site of the
same name. MAN Diesel & Turbo
has supplied most of the equipment
for this facility, namely six
18V32/40 engines designed to operate on heavy
fuel and equipped with turbo-chargers type
NR34/S, plus six alternators. MAN also provided
the auxiliary mechanical and electrical equipment,
piping, cabling and electrical set-up material
and spare parts, in addition to installation
supervision and commissioning. Designed as a
base-load plant to deliver power mainly during
the dry seasons when hydraulic plants can’t
produce sufficient MWh, Guangopolo II serves
to satisfy a rapidly growing appetite for electricity:
“Ecuador is growing up,” says Isabel
Bascones, Guangopolo II Project Manager at
MAN Diesel & Turbo. “The country’s expanding
infrastructure as well as its fast-paced economic
development process consume a lot more
power.” Already well-acquainted with the capabilities
of MAN, the Cuba-based SIECSA contractor
as well as plant operator CELEC, Ecuador’s
main utility company, worked closely with the
engine specialist during the complete project.
When running at 100% capacity, engine output
amounts to 8,110 MW each, with a total plant
output of 48,714 MW. Since November 2014, the
Guangopolo II plant has been poised to contribute
to the promising Ecuadorian development.
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