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Power plants in Argentina

A directory of 236 power plants in Argentina with a combined installed capacity of 32,913 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

236power plants
32,913MW total capacity
8fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Argentina)

Oil: 96 plants96OilGas: 57 plants57GasHydro: 50 plants50HydroWind: 12 plants12WindCoal: 9 plants9CoalSolar: 7 plants7SolarNuclear: 3 plants3NuclearOther: 2 plants2Other

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Argentina electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

346gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
41.6%low-carbon electricity
34.6%renewables
58.4%fossil fuels
Gas: 53 % of electricity53GasHydro: 17 % of electricity17HydroWind: 12 % of electricity12WindNuclear: 7 % of electricity7NuclearOil: 4 % of electricity4OilSolar: 3 % of electricity3SolarBioenergy: 2 % of electricity2BioenergyCoal: 2 % of electricity2Coal

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Argentina

#PlantFuelMW
1COSTANERACoal1,982
2YACYRETAHydro1,550
3PIEDRA DEL AGUILA (CPSA)Hydro1,400
4NUEVO PUERTOGas1,218
5EL CHOCONHydro1,200
6ALICURAHydro1,050
7SALTO GRANDE (MITAD ARGENTINA)Hydro945
8DOCK SUDGas872
9CENTRAL TERMOELECTRICA MANUEL BELGRANOGas868
10CENTRAL TERMOELECTRICA TIMBUESGas865
11PARANAOther845
12RIO GRANDEHydro750
13ATUCHA IINuclear745
14CENTRAL T.GENELBAGas674
15EMBALSENuclear648
16SAN NICOLASCoal644
17CENTRAL TERMICA DE CICLO COMBINADO SALTAGas643
18CENTRAL BAHIA BLANCA (PIEDRA BUENA) SACoal620
19PUERTO NUEVOCoal589
20CT ENSENADA DE BARRAGANGas567

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