Agua Del Cajón power station

[español]

Part of the Global Gas Plant Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor and Center for Media and Democracy project.

Agua Del Cajón power station (Central Térmica Agua del Cajón) is a 662-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power station in Neuquén province, Argentina.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the power station in Plottier, Neuquén province, Argentina.

Loading map...

{"type":"SATELLITE","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":16,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":-38.936199999999999,"lon":-68.356999999999999,"icon":""}]}

Project Details

• Sponsor: Capex S.A. Autogenerador
• Parent company: Capex SA
• Location: Plottier, departamento Confluencia, Neuquén, Argentina
• Coordinates: -38.9362, -68.3570 (exact)
• Gross generating capacity (operating): 662 MW
  • Unit 1: Gas-fired combined cycle, 662 MW (start-up in 1993-2000)

Background

In January 2020, the TV7 steam turbine of the plant was temporarily out of service due to an explosion- no injuries were reported and the faulty transformer was repaired.