Continuous power at your plant, without depending only on the grid.
Zero investment from you: you pay a monthly charge for capacity plus the energy you use, with the plant, its operation and the financing included. Electricity and steam under one contract, designed to cost 30% to 50% less than generating with your own thermal equipment.
Industrial on-site generation in Latin America
What about the investment?
Zero investment from you: you pay a monthly charge for the plant's capacity, plus the energy you use.
What about the gas?
We have access to liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply in Ecuador and the region. It arrives by truck and is stored at your plant, enough for several days of operation depending on the project.
Ecuador today
- ~US$2 billion was the cost of Ecuador's 2024 blackouts.
- 3 days a week of mandatory power cuts for high-voltage industry since 12 October 2026.
- US$0.30 per kWh is the average tariff announced for that industry (AV1) from October to December 2026, compared with about US$0.12 per kWh before.
What power cuts cost you, and whether on-site generation pays off for you.
Adjust your plant's values. If the answer is no, we tell you that too.
What power cuts cost you today
a year
per day of cuts
- Compared with diesel self‑generation
- 30% to 50% less
- Net result with BEP
Assumptions
Indicative estimate using your margin, a grid tariff of US$0.12 per kWh on normal days, a plant running 24/7 and steam that replaces the diesel in your boiler. What your sector sells per kWh it consumes is an average estimated from public data.
Real example: during the 2024 power cuts, a coastal tuna processor lost about US$100 thousand in sales per day of cuts; generating that power itself would have cost about US$10 thousand.
How it is calculated
- What you lose per day with a power cut: your demand (MW) × hours without power × what your plant sells per kWh × your margin.
- Per year: that amount × the number of days with power cuts.
- With BEP your plant does not depend on the grid during power cuts and, if you use steam, you stop paying for your boiler fuel. If the grid tariff falls back, the energy may cost somewhat more on normal days; the net result already subtracts that difference.
Why it changes by sector: each industry sells a different amount per kWh it uses. A tuna processor sells about US$16 of product per kWh; a cold store, about US$1. That is why a power cut costs the tuna processor far more. You can adjust your margin.
Data: Central Bank of Ecuador, 2026 government announcements, the US climate agency (NOAA) and published tariffs; the rest are BEP assumptions.
A natural-gas power plant on your site.
Four steps, from assessment to operation.
Assessment
We review your electricity, heat and cooling use.
Design and proposal
We size the plant and present a proposal.
Construction
Specialist partners build it.
Operation
Operation, maintenance and gas included throughout the contract.
You get electricity and, depending on your process, steam, hot water or chilled water, under a single contract.
Who it is for
Seafood
- Shrimp packing
Food and agribusiness
- Shrimp feed
- Dairy and beverages
Process industry
- Paper and board
- Other continuous-operation plants
Logistics
- Cold storage
- Ports
Who we are
We are a team with decades of experience in energy across the United States, Latin America and Europe. BEP's leadership and advisers bring experience in:
- Developing and building projects at one of the world's largest power companies.
- Field operations at one of the leading independent oil companies.
- Asset valuation and project finance at a leading energy consultancy.
- Building an international energy intelligence firm whose clients include oil companies, investment banks and governments.
Questions a finance director usually asks.
Where does the gas come from?
We work with LNG suppliers in Ecuador and the region. At your plant we install storage and regasification (the equipment that turns LNG back into gas); the size of the storage sets how many days you operate without a new delivery, and it is fixed in the project design. Ecuador is also expanding its natural gas supply, with an LNG import process launched in 2026.
Why sign a 15-year contract if the crisis tariff lasts three months?
Because the contract is not justified by the crisis tariff. It is sized so that the result is positive at your normal tariff, with the steam you save and the power cuts you avoid. If it is not positive with your numbers, we tell you in the assessment.
I already have generators.
Then you already pay about US$0.38 to US$0.44 per kWh when they run and still lose output (a tuna processor with generators at 85% produced a quarter less in 2024). What we offer you is the steam and that output, not the equipment.
Who carries the gas price risk?
The gas price formula is written into the proposal before you sign; that is why the calculator shows the result as a range.
How long until the plant is ready?
It depends mostly on engine delivery; with rented engines you can have power before the plant is finished. The timeline goes in the proposal. That is why it makes sense to start the analysis now.
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