{"id":29105,"date":"2019-03-04T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nueva.genesalenergy.com\/?p=29105"},"modified":"2025-01-24T13:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T12:57:00","slug":"supply-generator-sets-solar-power-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/en\/case-studies\/supply-generator-sets-solar-power-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply of two generator sets for a solar power plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Another achievement by our distributors.<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve supplied two gensets of 220 and 462 kVA, 220-127Vac at 60Hz, prepared to operate under CFE norms according to the degree of seismicity in Mexico as well as the area\u2019s semitropical characteristics.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">With a capacity of 170 MW, the <strong>Santiago photovoltaic power plan<\/strong>t is located in the state of San Luis Potos\u00ed (M\u00e9xico). It\u2019s a large complex, whose construction began in 2017 with the participation of 1.000 workers. The power plant was built with the idea of <strong>supplying enough electricity to power 138.000 homes<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Its 672.000 solar panels turn the Santiago power plant into one of the largest renewable energy installations in terms of investment (250 million dollars) and also one of the most spectacular, not only in regards to its size (it occupies 750 hectares), but also to the results its expected to achieve: it was built with the objective of <strong>preventing the emission of 340.000 tons of CO2<\/strong> into the atmosphere each year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Galician company Genesal Energy participated in this megaproject through the <strong>design and supply of two generator sets<\/strong> of 220 and 462 kVA, 220-127 Vac at 60 Hz, prepared to operate in the area\u2019s special conditions, such as the semitropical climate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Both units were manufactured in Genesal Energy\u2019s headquarters, located in the town of Bergondo, in A Coru\u00f1a (Spain), with the goal of guaranteeing the correct operation of the booster and switching substations during emergency situations,<strong> providing the power necessary for the auxiliary services, emergency lighting, etc.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Grupo-instalado-I.jpg\" alt=\"Genesal Generator in a solar power plant\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>High precision<\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Both gensets are high precision units, whose design has been thought out to the very last detail to comply with the client\u2019s requests. They have the following features: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The first unit (<a href=\"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/grupos-electrogenos\/producto\/gen220fc-in-60\/\">GEN220FC<\/a>) is soundproof type and has a <strong>500 L fuel tank integrated in its baseframe<\/strong>, while the second (<a href=\"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/grupos-electrogenos\/producto\/gen462f-a-60\/\">GEN462F<\/a>) has a 1.000 L fuel tank. Both special gensets comply with all technical <strong>requirements established by CFE<\/strong> (Comisi\u00f3n Federal de Electricidad or <i>Federal Electricity Commission<\/i>) norms, the prestigious certification that the CFE awards and which elevates the company to the category of trusted supplier. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The <strong>CFE-LAPEM certification<\/strong> is granted by the LAPEM (<i>Laboratory for Equipment and Materials Testing<\/i>), an organization dependent on the CFE, and Genesal Energy received said distinction last year upon passing the audit process carried out by LAPEM in the company\u2019s headquarters, thus becoming part of the select group of companies which have been awarded this certification, a true symbol of excellence.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>GEN220FC<\/strong> 500L fuel tank integrated into the base frame, Soundproof type, and with technical features following CFE (Federal Electricity Commission of Mexico) standards, painting with finish according to CFE norms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>GEN462F<\/strong> Approved 1000L double-wall fuel tank for external installation, with technical features following CFE (Federal Electricity Commission of Mexico) standards, painting with finish according to CFE norms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another achievement by our distributors. We\u2019ve supplied two gensets of 220 and 462 kVA, 220-127Vac at 60Hz, prepared to operate under CFE norms according to the degree of seismicity in Mexico as well as the area\u2019s semitropical characteristics. With a capacity of 170 MW, the Santiago photovoltaic power plant is located in the state of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"project-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[305,358],"tags":[113,174,187],"pais":[360],"class_list":["post-29105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies","category-power-plants","tag-central-fotovoltaica","tag-genesal-energy","tag-grupos-electrogenos","pais-mexico-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29105"},{"taxonomy":"pais","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesalenergy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pais?post=29105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}