General Rojo power station

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General Rojo power station (Central Térmica General Rojo) is an operating power station of at least 250-megawatts (MW) in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
General Rojo power station San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina -33.45526, -60.28359 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit CC: -33.45526, -60.28359

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit CC operating[2][3] gas[3] 250[3] combined cycle[3] not found 2020[4][3]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent Operator
Unit CC MSU Energy[3] MSU Energy Holding Ltd [75.30%]; other [24.70%] MSU Energy[5]

Background

The General Rojo power station is located on a seven hectare property and is connected to the Argentine interconnected system (SADI).[6] The expansion project was completed in August 2020 with the addition of a 50 MW gas-fired steam turbine to become a combined cycle system.[7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://www.google.com/maps/place/MSU+Energy-Central+T%C3%A9rmica+General+Rojo/@-33.4552634-60.283586654m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x95b76197f7c3fd9d:0x372209b0978e8fc5!8m2!3d-33.4552679!4d-60.2813973. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "La energía que nos mueve". MSU Energy. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220709045233/http://msuenergy.com/eb/en/our-power-plants/. Archived from the original on 2022-07-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "About us MSU Energy". MSU Energy. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  5. "Our Power Plants – MSU Energy". Archived from the original on July 9, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  6. "Power plants and projects – MSU Energy". msuenergy.com. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  7. El Eco. "MSU Energy finaliza obras de conversión a ciclo combinado de sus centrales de Villa María y General Rojo – El Eco | Información confiable desde Tandil. Noticias las 24 hs. con contenido multimedia exclusivo que solo El Eco Multimedios te puede brindar". www.eleco.com.ar (in español). Retrieved 2021-06-27.

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