Martin Energy Group Announces Commercial Operations at Cayey Cogeneration Facility in Puerto Rico.
San Juan, Puerto Rico – In response to the recent earthquake and local electric outages in Puerto Rico, Martin Energy Group (MEG) is pleased to announce that on January 7, 2020 it completed preparations and began operating its 5.3-megawatt (with additional gas and diesel backup on reserve) cogeneration facility in Cayey, Puerto Rico.
The facility, which is designed as the primary source of power for a local industrial customer, had been under development and construction for approximately one year. By the fall of 2019, the facility had been substantially completed and was ready for electrical operation; however, electric delivery had been postponed while MEG and its customer worked through various commissioning and startup activities.
In response to its customer’s desire to maintain plant operations during widespread electric outages, MEG accelerated and completed final testing and start-up procedures, then began providing power on the afternoon of January 7, 2020 – mere hours after the 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the island.
Now on January 8, 2020, only one day after commercial start up, the Cayey cogeneration facility is operating and has reliably delivered continuous power. Power production is being increased to meet the load requirements of the industrial customer.
Marcus Martin, CEO of Martin Energy Group, commended the efforts and preparedness of the Puerto Rico team saying, “First of all, we thank God there were no work casualties or major failures from this natural disaster. And while we are pleased with our team who worked tirelessly throughout the development of this facility, we could have never done a job like this without the Puerto Rican people who share our common work ethic and faith. We wish them continued blessings and pray for continued reliable, safe operations at our Cayey facility.”
