Gas power plant in Chubut, Argentina. Approximate location -45.76302, -68.297974.
GasChubutArgentinaCCGT · HRSG
Cerro Dragón power station is a 160 MW gas power station in Chubut, Argentina. It is operated by Pan American Energy SL [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 180k homes (estimated). It ranks #65 of 275 Argentina power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2017, it is around 9 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 52.7% of Argentina's electricity; the national grid averages 346 gCO₂/kWh (41.6% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_cerrodragon_argent.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406431; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 160 MW, Cerro Dragón power station is well above the median gas plant in Argentina (125 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Pan American Energy SL [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 45.8°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #40 largest gas power plant of 95 in Argentina by capacity.
Argentina has 95 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 22,760 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -45.76302, -68.297974 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Cerro Dragón power station is a 160 MW gas power plant in Chubut, Argentina, commissioned in 2017.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 180,205 homes (estimated).
Cerro Dragón power station is operated by Pan American Energy SL [100%].
