List of power stations in Argentina

This page shows a list of power stations in Argentina.

Atucha

Embalse

Yacyretá

Salto Grande

Piedra del Aguila

El Chocón

Alicurá

Futaleufú

Planicie Banderita

San Nicolás

Dock Sud

Location of power stations in Argentina
Nuclear, Gas, Coal, Hydroelectric

Thermal Plant

Station	Capacity (MW)	Location	Coordinates	Refs
Costanera	1,250	Buenos Aires [1]
Calchines	40	Santa Fe		[1]
Güemes	250	Salta		[1]
Necochea	135	Buenos Aires		[1]
Piedrabuena	620	Buenos Aires		[1]
San Nicolas	650	Buenos Aires		[1][2]
Sorrento	216	Santa Fe		[1][3]
Arturo Zanichelli	216	Cordoba		[1]

Gas Turbines

Station	Capacity (MW)	Location	Coordinates	Refs
Costanera	859	Buenos Aires		[4]
Dock Sud	775			[5][6]
Genelba	670			[5]
La Plata	131			[5]
Manuel Belgrano	830			[5]
Pilar
San Nicolas CCGT	845	Rosario		[7]
Termoandes	633	Salta		[8]
Agual del Cajon	703	Neuquen		[9]
Central Bicentario	496	Cordoba		[9]
José de San Martín	830	Santa Fe		[9]
Loma de la Lata	550	Neuquen		[9]

Hydroelectric

Hydroelectric stations over 1 MW.

Hydroelectric station	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Year completed	River	Notes
Yacyretá	27°28′58″S 56°43′30″W	3,100	1998	Paraná River	Shared with Paraguay
Salto Grande	31°16′29″S 57°56′18″W	1,890	1979	Uruguay River	Shared with Uruguay
Piedra del Águila	40°11′25″S 69°59′29″W	1,400	1992	Limay River
El Chocón	39°15′57″S 68°45′23″W	1,260	1973	Limay River
Condor Cliff		1,140	Under Construction	Santa Cruz River
Alicurá	40°35′10″S 70°45′09″W	1,050	1985	Limay River
Río Grande	32°13′27.5″S 64°37′56″W	750	1986	Tercero River	Pumped-storage power plant
La Barrancosa		600	Under Construction	Santa Cruz River
Futaleufú	43°07′37.6″S 71°38′12.7″W	472	1978	Futaleufú River
Planicie Banderita (Cerros Colorados)	38°33′37.1″S 68°28′28.3″W	472	1978	Neuquén River
Pichi Picún Leufú	40°00′41.1″S 69°59′24.9″W	285	2000	Limay River
Los Reyunos	34°36′07.8″S 68°38′24.2″W	224	1983	Diamante River	Pumped-storage power plant
Agua del Toro	34°35′04.7″S 69°02′10.2″W	150	1982	Diamante River
Arroyito	39°06′25.2″S 68°35′07.8″W	127.8	1979	Limay River
Los Caracoles	31°31′01.3″S 68°58′04.5″W	121.4	2009	San Juan River
Cacheuta (Potrerillos)	33°01′38.8″S 69°06′45.3″W	120	2003	Mendoza River
Urugua-í	25°52′33.7″S 54°33′45.6″W	120	1991	Urugua-í River
Nihuil II (Aisol)	34°54′44.5″S 68°37′24.9″W	110	1968	Atuel River
Manuel Belgrano (Cabra Corral)	25°16′11.6″S 65°19′48.1″W	100.5	1973	Salado River
Nihuil I (El Nihuil)	34°59′41.3″S 68°37′50″W	72	1947	Atuel River
El Tambolar		75	Under Construction	San Juan River
Punta Negra	31°30′59.7″S 68°48′53.2″W	62	2015	San Juan River
Álvarez Condarco (Potrerillos)	33°02′39.8″S 69°03′04.5″W	61	2003	Mendoza River
Casa de Piedra	38°12′52.5″S 67°11′26.9″W	60	1996	Colorado River
Los Molinos I	31°50′16.9″S 64°26′43.5″W	52	1953	Segundo River
Florentino Ameghino	43°41′57.7″S 66°28′56.2″W	46.8	1963	Chubut River
Quebrada de Ullum	31°28′27.1″S 68°38′52″W	45	1980	San Juan River
Nihuil III (Tierras Blancas)	34°52′56.7″S 68°34′30.8″W	42	1971	Atuel River
Ullum	31°27′20.1″S 68°45′21.9″W	42		San Juan River
Benjamín Reolín	32°11′27.7″S 64°19′23.2″W	33		Tercero River
Las Maderas	24°26′37″S 65°13′07.8″W	30.6		Perico River
Batiruana (Escaba)	27°38′13.7″S 65°44′51.8″W	24	1948	Marapa River
San Roque	31°21′11.9″S 64°23′37.5″W	24	1944	Primero River
Nihuil IV (Valle Grande)	34°50′00″S 68°30′52.1″W	18	1965	Atuel River
El Carrizal	33°17′57.1″S 68°43′11.8″W	17	1971	Tunuyán River
Ingeniero Cassafousth	32°10′30.7″S 64°22′27.1″W	16.2	1954	Tercero River
La Viña	31°52′15.3″S 65°02′07.5″W	16	1959	Río de los Sauces River
Pueblo Viejo		15	1968	Pueblo Viejo River
Río Hondo	27°31′21.7″S 64°53′10.7″W	15	1967	Dulce River
El Tigre	34°36′31.4″S 68°36′48.5″W	14	1983	Diamante River
Celestino Gelsi (El Cadillal)	26°37′11.6″S 65°11′12.2″W	12.6	1966	Salí River
Cuesta del Viento	30°11′45.9″S 69°03′45.3″W	10.55	1997	Jáchal River
Martín Miguel de Güemes (El Tunal)	25°13′39.2″S 64°28′35.6″W	10.52	1972	Salado River
Fitz Simon (Embalse)	32°10′43″S 64°25′16″W	10.5	1955	Tercero River
Los Divisaderos	37°52′18.4″S 67°41′22.5″W	10	1980	Colorado River	Hydroelectric plant on irrigation canal
Salto Andersen	38°49′17″S 64°49′01.8″W	7.86	2011	Colorado River
Río Reyes	24°10′10.2″S 65°29′30.2″W	7		Reyes River
Los Coroneles	34°36′00.3″S 68°31′41.6″W	6.64	1970	Diamante River	Hydroelectric plant on irrigation canal
General San Martín	33°02′41.4″S 68°55′19″W	6.48	1950	Mendoza River	Hydroelectric plant on irrigation canal
Piedras Moras	32°10′03.5″S 64°14′37.5″W	6.3	1979	Tercero River
Julián Romero	38°50′11.9″S 68°02′15.4″W	6.2		Neuquén River	Hydroelectric plant on irrigation canal
César Cipolletti	38°54′47.3″S 67°56′31.2″W	5.4	1956	Neuquén River	Hydroelectric plant on irrigation canal
Guillermo Céspedes	39°33′35.8″S 65°40′55″W	5.2	1963	Negro River	Hydroelectric plant on irrigation canal
Los Molinos II	31°50′35.5″S 64°24′53.8″W	4.5	1954	Segundo River
La Calera	31°21′08.6″S 64°20′00.2″W	4	1911	Primero River
La Florida	33°06′48.3″S 66°00′09.4″W	2.4	1953	Quinto River
Loma Atravesada	41°49′05.2″S 71°31′57.8″W	2		Azul River
Los Quiroga	27°41′30.4″S 64°18′30″W	2	1963	Dulce River	Hydroelectric plant on irrigation canal
La Lujanita	33°02′19.6″S 68°54′19.5″W	1.7		Mendoza River	Hydroelectric plant on irrigation canal
General Roca	39°01′24.3″S 67°34′10″W	1.2		Negro River	Hydroelectric plant on irrigation canal
Saladillo	33°10′41.5″S 65°54′23.5″W	1.2	2011	Quinto River
Salto de la Loma	30°13′15.4″S 68°46′16.8″W	1.2		Jáchal River	Hydroelectric plant on irrigation canal
Cruz del Eje	30°45′54.9″S 64°45′17.6″W	1.1	1943	Cruz del Eje River
Luján de Cuyo	33°03′09.1″S 68°58′54.3″W	1	2013	Mendoza River	Hydroelectric plant on irrigation canal

Nuclear

Reactor	Coordinates	Net Capacity (MW)	Gross Capacity (MW)	Commercial Operation Date
Atucha I	33°58′00.2″S 59°12′26.7″W	335	362	24 Jun, 1974
Atucha II	33°58′01.7″S 59°12′17.5″W	692	745	27 Jun, 2014
Embalse	32°13′53.5″S 64°26′37.2″W	600	648	20 Jan, 1984

Eolic

Wind farm	Coordinates	Aerogenerators	Capacity (MW)	Year completed	Notes
Loma Blanca IV	43°06′35.1″S 65°15′11.9″W	17 x 3 MW	51	2013 Aug
Malaspina I	44°58′28.5″S 67°03′42.9″W	25 x 2 MW	50	Under Construction
Arauco IV	28°42′06.5″S 66°45′06.8″W	26 x 1.9 MW	50	Under Construction
Rawson I	43°21′00.8″S 65°10′36.2″W	27 x 1.8 MW	48.6	2011 Sep
Rawson II	43°21′00.8″S 65°10′36.2″W	16 x 1.8 MW	28.8	2012 Jan
Arauco I-II	28°42′06.5″S 66°45′06.8″W	12 x 2.1 MW	25.2	2011 May
Arauco III	28°42′06.5″S 66°45′06.8″W	12 x 2.1 MW	25.2	2013 Oct
Antonio Morán	45°50′52.8″S 67°36′07.2″W 45°51′04.7″S 67°29′45.6″W 45°49′55.9″S 67°31′32.9″W 45°49′14.2″S 67°28′04.3″W	16 x 0.66 MW 8 x 0.75 MW 2 x 0.25 MW	17	1994 Jan -2001 Dec
El Jume	29°25′07.6″S 63°42′42.4″W	4 x 2.1 MW	8.4	2015 Oct
Diadema	45°44′48.5″S 67°41′36.8″W	7 x 0.9 MW	6.3	2011 Sep
El Tordillo	45°51′01.6″S 67°54′28.2″W	2 x 1.5 MW	3	2013 Sep
Jorge Romanutti	46°48′31.7″S 67°58′57.1″W	4 x 0.6 MW	2.4	2001 Mar-2005 May
Punta Alta	38°46′59.9″S 61°53′54.5″W 38°53′49.7″S 61°36′34.8″W	3 x 0.6 MW 1 x 0.4 MW	2.2	1995 Feb-1998 Dec	Out of service
Veladero	29°21′05.8″S 69°56′21.4″W	1 x 2 MW	2	2008 Aug
General Acha	37°25′51.6″S 64°42′56.7″W	2 x 0.9 MW	1.8	2002 Dec-2004 Feb
Mayor Buratovich	39°13′44.9″S 62°38′58.6″W	2 x 0.6 MW	1.2	1997 Oct	Out of service
Tandil	37°24′10.2″S 59°01′23″W	2 x 0.4 MW	0.8	1995 May
Claromecó	38°49′45.6″S 60°05′09.8″W	1 x 0.75 MW	0.75	1998 Dec	Out of service
Darregueira	37°40′41.3″S 63°11′52.5″W	1 x 0.75 MW	0.75	1997 Sep
Necochea	38°36′15.9″S 58°47′25.9″W	1 x 0.25 MW	0.25	2010 Nov
Cutral Có	38°58′41″S 69°13′51.7″W	1 x 0.4 MW	0.4	1994 Oct
Rada Tilly	45°55′00.6″S 67°34′46″W	1 x 0.4 MW	0.4	1996 Mar	Out of service

Solar

Solar plant	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Year completed
Cañada Honda II	31°59′15.6″S 68°32′23.4″W	3	2012
Cañada Honda I		2	2012
Chimbera		2	2013
San Juan	31°23′19.9″S 68°40′30.8″W	1.2	2011
Santa Fe	32°43′33.2″S 60°45′49.7″W	1.1	Under Construction
Terrazas del Portezuelo	33°18′07.8″S 66°17′11.6″W	1.02	2014
Camino Parque del Buen Ayre	34°31′29″S 58°35′33.2″W	0.5	2015

Biomass

Plant	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Year completed
La Florida	26°48′59″S 65°05′02.8″W	62	2012
Alto Paraná-Puerto Esperanza	25°59′19.4″S 54°38′05.1″W	40
Tabacal	23°15′12.9″S 64°14′27.4″W	40	2013
Alto Paraná-Puerto Piray	26°28′38.4″S 54°43′02.7″W	40
La Providencia	27°15′52.8″S 65°34′02.6″W	38	2009
Santa Bárbara	27°27′32.5″S 65°36′22.4″W	16	2010
Papel Misionero	26°56′09.6″S 55°07′18.7″W	15
General Deheza	32°45′10.2″S 63°47′29.4″W	10.95	2008

Biogas

Plant	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Year completed
San Miguel Norte III-C	34°31′32.9″S 58°37′14.6″W	10	2012 Oct
San Martín Norte III-A	34°32′14.5″S 58°36′11.1″W	7.1	2012 May

See also

• Electricity sector in Argentina
• List of power stations in South America
• List of largest power stations in the world

References

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