how does cozumel generate electricity ??

[dougr52]

i was just curious as to how and where does cozumel generate it's electric power ???

 

[deborahdelamar]

Mayan Magic!!!

Serious answer is that the power comes from the mainland via underwater cables. Used to be able to see the service lines when diving Villablanca...

 

[jlyle]

Mayan Magic!!!

Serious answer is that the power comes from the mainland via underwater cables. Used to be able to see the service lines when diving Villablanca...

You still can! There are seven cables on Villa Blanca and they are marked by the yellow bouys (no anchor zone) between Blue Angel and Scuba Club.

 

[nimoh]

In my book, ScubaBoard is officially the be all end all source for information about everything even remotely related to diving

 

[Karibelle]

You still can! There are seven cables on Villa Blanca and they are marked by the yellow bouys (no anchor zone) between Blue Angel and Scuba Club.

And if you're diving on the wall and you see a cable, you can follow it in to shore, and depending on which buoy it was, you might even be exactly where you planned to be.

 

[azscubadude]

You still can! There are seven cables on Villa Blanca and they are marked by the yellow bouys (no anchor zone) between Blue Angel and Scuba Club.

And it was fun drifting by all seven of them on our dive.... (looooong dive).

 

[Mark Derail]

Natural gas. Just pumped out of the air, into compressors.

Mexican food is a great methane producer.

Seriously? Diesel powered generators. All the islands do that. The diesel turbine is easy to operate & fix, over 90% effiency, it can idle or rev up the RPM's for more amps. Diesel turbines are more efficient that coal-fired plants, and pollute way less. Costs more money to operate than coal though.
That is why on mainlands, they use coal, islands they use diesel, since diesel has a better energy-to-weight ration.

The mainland can and probably does provide via UW cables, however, the demand is probably higher now with so many hotels and tourists, the diesel plant can supplement.

 

[Dave Dillehay]

Before 2000 the "old" cable leaked current and was actually sometimes dangerous in the water (at least that was the rumor). It also was of inadequate size to meet peak needs so a gas turbine generator would sometimes run on CFE Property near the corner of Melgar and 11th Sur. Indeed, you could hear it running almost every day and it was LOUD. Have not heard it for many years but I hope they are keeping it in standby for emergency.


Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers

 

[deborahdelamar]

The turbine was dismantled and I don't believe that it was put back in service elsewhere on the island. It used to be where the Mega/new office building/etc. are now -- and boy was it loud! There's still a piece of the old wall, marked CFE. I remember that they improved the UW cables a few years ago.

 

[DandyDon]

While we're discussing utilities, did I read somewhere that Coz makes all of its freshwater from RO facilities at the south end somewhere - not pumping from the aquifer..?

And are there some wind turbines...?

Seriously? Diesel powered generators. All the islands do that. The diesel turbine is easy to operate & fix, over 90% effiency, it can idle or rev up the RPM's for more amps. Diesel turbines are more efficient that coal-fired plants, and pollute way less. Costs more money to operate than coal though.
That is why on mainlands, they use coal, islands they use diesel, since diesel has a better energy-to-weight ration.

The mainland can and probably does provide via UW cables, however, the demand is probably higher now with so many hotels and tourists, the diesel plant can supplement.

I guess this is true of many islands. Do you actually know of such a generator there today?