Case Study
Percunos, LLC
AES Colon - Panama
Map of CMCE device coverage
Property: AES-Colon LNG Power Plant Facility including 180,000m 3 LNG storage tank, the first of its kind in Central America Problem: The plant was consistently knocked offline due to recurrent lightning strikes in an area of consistent storm activity. Since this facility supplies power to large parts of Panama, including the Panama Canal, it is crucial that operations run without interruption. Solution: Eliminate the threat of strikes (proven by map data on preceeding pages) by installation of 26 CMCE devices installed on chimneys, towers, electrical substations, tanks, docks, cranes, pipe racks and buildings. The plant was in the process of an update and so the decision was made to replace 120 Franklin rods with a grid of 26 total CMCE devices.
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