Iberdrola Ingenieria, the engineering and construction subsidiary of Iberdrola, has completed the upgrade of the the Laguna Verde nuclear plant, located in the State of Veracruz and pertaining to the Mexican state-owned Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE).
The Laguna Verde project involved replacing all equipment of units 1 and 2, respectively commissioned in 1990 and 1995, with the latest generation of equipment, thereby enabling the plant to operate at 120%, increasing its capacity to 1,640 MW. The key modifications made at the plant include the replacement of the main capacitor, steam separators and heaters, the turbogroup, ventilation systems, heating and air-conditioning, auxiliary systems and electrical systems (transformers, isolated phase bus ducts and main circuit breaker). The major upgrades carried out at Laguna Verde will allow the design lifetime of the nuclear plant to be extended.
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