CCGT Power Plants in Argentina - Salta & Tucumán
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Independencia Location: Tucuman Operator: Centrales Termicas del NOA SA Configuration: 1 X 10.5 MW 5001 gas turbine Fuel: natural gas, oil Operation: 1975 T/G supplier: GE Quick facts: This site had an 80-MW steam-electric plant, now retired, and was to be the site of a new 240-MW Ansaldo CCGT.
Photograph courtesy of AGEERA
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Pluspetrol Norte Location: Tucuman Operator: Pluspetrol SA Configuration: 2 X 116 MW 9001E gas turbines Fuel: natural gas Operation: 2002-2003 T/G supplier: GE EPC: GE, Ronza Quick facts: In Jul 2001, Pluspetrol awarded GE a $29mn turnkey contract for the first gas turbine at Pluspetrol Norte. The plant is one of three gas turbine plants in El Bracho running with natural gas from Plupetrol reserves in the Ramos (Argentina) and Bermejo (Bolivia) gas fields. They are connected to the Argentine 500kV grid.
Photograph courtesy of AGEERA |
Salta Location: Salta Operator: Centrales Termicas del NOA SA Configuration: 2 X 10.5-MW 5001DPPP gas turbines Fuel: natural gas, diesel oil Operation: 1972 (ret) T/G supplier: GE
Photograph courtesy of AGEERA
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San Miguel de Tucumán-2 Location: Tucumán Operator: Pluspetrol SA Configuration: 382-MW, 2+1 CCGT with 9001E gas turbines Fuel: natural gas Operation: 1995-2002 HRSG supplier: CMI T/G supplier: GE, Alstom EPC: Alstom, Ronza Quick facts: The first gas turbine at SM de Tucumán operated in simple-cycle for some years. In Jun 1997, a second GT was ordered from GE and in 1999, Alstom was awarded a turnkey contract to convert the GTs to combined-cycle operation. The plant is connected to the Argentine 500kV grid.
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Termoandes Location: Salta Operator: AES Argentina Configuration: 633-MW, 2+1 CCGT with V94.3A gas turbines Fuel: natural gas Operation: 1999-2000 HRSG supplier: NEM T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens, Abengoa Quick facts: In Aug 1997, AES Gener awarded the EPC contract for this $230mn plant near General Guemes. In addition, AES built a $90mn, 410km, 345kV transmission line to deliver power from the plant across the Andes to Chile’s Atacama substation on the northern grid (SING).
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Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base
Updated 07/10/10