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 -33.455263, -60.283586 (exact)[1]

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit CC: -33.455263, -60.283586

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] fossil gas - natural gas[2] 250[2] combined cycle[2] 2020[2][4]

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
Unit CC MSU Energy [100%] MSU Energy Holding Ltd [75.3%]; other [24.7%]

Background

The General Rojo power station is located on a seven hectare property and is connected to the Argentine interconnected system (SADI).[5] 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.[6]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125140029/https://www.google.com/maps/place/MSU+Energy-Central+T%C3%A9rmica+General+Rojo/@-33.45526,-60.2861703,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x95b76197f7c3fd9d:0x372209b0978e8fc5!8m2!3d-33.4552946!4d-60.2814571!16s%2Fg%2F11dfj6mvrk?entry=tts. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125085336/https://msuenergy.com/eb/en/our-power-plants/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125104549/http://msuenergy.com/en/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125122231/https://msuenergy.com/en/about-us/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Power plants and projects – MSU Energy". msuenergy.com. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  6. 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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