Felton Thermoelectric Plant Comes Online with the SEN

The Lidio Ramón Pérez Thermoelectric Plant (CTE) in Felton. Located in the Holguin municipality of Mayari, is steadily contributing 170 megawatts (MW) today. After synchronizing with the National Electric System (SEN in the Spanish acronym) this Sunday.

Eric Milanés Quinzán, the industry’s general director, confirmed exclusively to the Cuban News Agency that the plant went online just after 3:00 p.m. after a failure in the plant’s transformer. Caused it to go online early for scheduled 20-day maintenance. The main action was to correct a hydrogen leak in the plant’s generator.

He explained that the leak, being located in a relatively easy-to-access area and combined with the experience gained in troubleshooting a similar problem previously. Allowed the repair schedule to be significantly shortened.

Also he commented that during these sessions, they resolved a number of accumulated technical issues. Including the inspection of the turbine’s axial bearing, cleaning of the steam condenser, and repair of a high-pressure heater.

To restore the plant’s efficiency and reliability parameters, he said, a thorough cleaning of the boiler was also carried out. Three gaskets in the smoke ducts were replaced, and general maintenance was performed on auxiliary equipment and systems. Considered essential to ensuring stable electricity generation.

The maintenance work involved specialized forces from the Electric Power Plant Maintenance Company (EMCE). That workers from the Engineering Construction Company No. 3 (ECI No. 3), personnel from the thermoelectric plant itself. Also support brigades from the Nickel Union Services Company in Nicaro (ESUNI).

The rehabilitation of block two is planned for this industry after the completion of the technical proposal. Which offers a new design adapted to burn domestic crude oil in the new boiler. This turbo generator was damaged by a fire just as it began the startup process after partial capital maintenance. That was expected to add approximately 220 megawatts to the SEN (National Electric Power System) in the summer of 2022.

The Lidio Ramón Pérez Power Plant, considered among the most efficient in the country, is the power plant with the largest installed capacity in Cuba. Its operation contributes to the stability of the SEN (National Electric Power System) at a time when the country is experiencing a difficult electricity situation.

With information from CNA

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