Candidates for the 2023 Miss Universe visited the Ahuachapán Geothermal Energy Plant, El Salvador, offering distinctive publicity for the nation’s geothermal sector.
In what’s an extremely distinctive second for the geothermal trade, 14 of the 88 candidates for Miss Universe 2023 visited the Ahuachapán Geothermal Energy Plant in El Salvador, which is presently internet hosting the pageant. The candidates spent about an hour touring the geothermal services and studying concerning the historical past and significance of geothermal vitality growth in Salvador.
The candidates have been additionally taken on a tour of the ability’s management room, engine room, cooling towers, and different areas of the facility plant. Earlier than the tour ended, the candidates left their signatures on a colourful mural within the plant’s premises.
“It has been a really fascinating tour. We now have realized how this nation produces 100% renewable vitality, utilizing pure sources and respecting the surroundings,” commented Lisbeth Valverde, the candidate from Costa Rica.
Operated by LaGeo, the primary unit of the Ahuachapán Geothermal Energy Plant went on-line in 1975. The second unit adopted in 1978 and the third in 1981. It presently has a complete put in energy era capability of 95 MWe. Together with the Berlin geothermal energy plant, geothermal presently accounts for about 25% the vitality consumption in El Salvador.
Enlargement plans are already underway with the development of two geothermal fields in San Vicente and in Chinameca, which can add 35 MW of capability to the nationwide vitality combine.
Supply: Diario Libre
