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CT ALUMINE

Oil power plant in Neuquen, Argentina. Approximate location -38.8706, -70.5753.

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CT ALUMINE is a 6 MW oil power plant in Neuquen, Argentina. It is operated by INDUSTRIAS JUAN F. SECCO. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 4,730 homes (estimated). It ranks #184 of 236 Argentina power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 3.9% of Argentina's electricity; the national grid averages 346 gCO₂/kWh (41.6% low-carbon) (2025).

6MW installed capacity
4,730homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id ARG0000256.

~12,417 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

2,894passenger cars driven for a year
1,619homes' yearly energy use
206,955tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 30% load factor × a typical oil emission factor (~750 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest oil plants in Argentina

LA RIOJA: 42 MW42LA RIOJACT LA PLATA: 40 MW40CT LA PLATACT MEDANITOS (RINCON DE LOS SAUCES): 32 MW32CT MEDANIT…C.T. RUFINO: 32 MW32C.T. RUFINOBANDERA: 31 MW31BANDERACENTRAL TERMICA PIQUIRENDA SA: 30 MW30CENTRAL TE…CT FORMOSA II: 30 MW30CT FORMOSA…C.T. SAN VICENTE: 28 MW28C.T. SAN V…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by INDUSTRIAS JUAN F. SECCO. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 38.9°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.8°Cannual mean temp
3,358heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,316 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 16 °CJF: 15 °CFM: 12 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 5 °CMJ: 2 °CJJ: 2 °CJA: 3 °CAS: 5 °CSO: 9 °CON: 12 °CND: 15 °CD16 °C

Heating degree-days here run 37% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 73/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #59 largest oil power plant of 96 in Argentina by capacity.

Argentina has 96 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 1,199 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -38.8706, -70.5753 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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