Power plants in ArgentinaA directory of 275 power plants in Argentina with a combined installed capacity of 42,951 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.
Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COSTANERA | Coal | 1,982 |
| 2 | YACYRETA | Hydro | 1,550 |
| 3 | PIEDRA DEL AGUILA (CPSA) | Hydro | 1,400 |
| 4 | NUEVO PUERTO | Gas | 1,218 |
| 5 | EL CHOCON | Hydro | 1,200 |
| 6 | ALICURA | Hydro | 1,040 |
| 7 | SALTO GRANDE (MITAD ARGENTINA) | Hydro | 945 |
| 8 | Guillermo Brown power station | Gas | 876 |
| 9 | PARANA | Other | 870 |
| 10 | AES Paraná power station | Gas | 870 |
| 11 | CENTRAL TERMOELECTRICA MANUEL BELGRANO | Gas | 868 |
| 12 | Manuel Belgrano I power station | Gas | 868 |
| 13 | CENTRAL TERMOELECTRICA TIMBUES | Gas | 865 |
| 14 | DOCK SUD | Gas | 861 |
| 15 | CT ENSENADA DE BARRAGAN | Gas | 848 |
| 16 | VUELTA DE OBLIGADO | Gas | 841 |
| 17 | Manuel Belgrano II power station | Gas | 810 |
| 18 | RIO GRANDE | Hydro | 750 |
| 19 | ATUCHA II | Nuclear | 745 |
| 20 | SAN NICOLAS | Coal | 675 |
There are 275 power plants in Argentina in this open dataset, with about 42,951 MW of total capacity.
COSTANERA is the largest at about 1,982 MW (coal).
The most common plant type in this dataset is oil (96 plants), across 8 fuel types in total.
Argentina's grid carbon intensity is about 346 gCO₂/kWh, with 41.6% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
