CT ROCA

Gas power plant in Entre Rios, Argentina. Approximate location -31.8919, -60.0106.

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CT ROCA is a 130 MW gas power station in Entre Rios, Argentina. It is operated by CENTRAL TERMICA ROCA S.A.- ALBANESI S.A. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 146,417 homes (estimated). It ranks #51 of 236 Argentina power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1995, it is around 31 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 52.7% of Argentina's electricity; the national grid averages 346 gCO₂/kWh (41.6% low-carbon) (2025).

130MW installed capacity
146,417homes powered (est.)
1995commissioned (~31 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id ARG0000262.

~204,984 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

47,782passenger cars driven for a year
26,732homes' yearly energy use
3,416,400tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 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 gas plants in Argentina

NUEVO PUERTO: 1,218 MW1kNUEVO PUER…DOCK SUD: 872 MW872DOCK SUDCENTRAL TERMOELECTRICA MANUEL BELGRANO: 868 MW868CENTRAL TE…CENTRAL TERMOELECTRICA TIMBUES: 865 MW865CENTRAL TE…CENTRAL T.GENELBA: 674 MW674CENTRAL T.…CENTRAL TERMICA DE CICLO COMBINADO SALTA: 643 MW643CENTRAL TE…CT ENSENADA DE BARRAGAN: 567 MW567CT ENSENAD…VUELTA DE OBLIGADO: 560 MW560VUELTA DE …

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

Owner

Operated by CENTRAL TERMICA ROCA S.A.- ALBANESI S.A.

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 31.9°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

18.0°Cannual mean temp
734heating degree-days (base 18°C)
741cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
92 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 25 °CJF: 24 °CFM: 22 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 12 °CJJ: 12 °CJA: 13 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 18 °CON: 21 °CND: 23 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 70% below 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: 23/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~2% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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 #25 largest gas power plant of 57 in Argentina by capacity.

Argentina has 57 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 13,042 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -31.8919, -60.0106 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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