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EL ARRAYAN

Wind power plant in Coquimbo, Chile. Approximate location -30.5793, -71.6981.

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EL ARRAYAN is a 115 MW wind power station in Coquimbo, Chile. It is operated by PARQUE EOLICO EL ARRAYAN SPA. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 97,861 homes (estimated). It ranks #49 of 315 Chile power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 13.1% of Chile's electricity; the national grid averages 289 gCO₂/kWh (66.4% low-carbon) (2025).

115MW installed capacity
97,861homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CHL0002005.

Capacity vs largest wind plants in Chile

EL ARRAYAN: 115 MW115EL ARRAYANLOS CURUROS: 110 MW110LOS CURUROSTALTAL: 99 MW99TALTALTALINAY ORIENTE: 90 MW90TALINAY OR…VALLE DE LOS VIENTOS: 90 MW90VALLE DE L…TALINAY PONIENTE: 61 MW61TALINAY PO…CANELA II: 60 MW60CANELA IIMONTE REDONDO: 48 MW48MONTE REDO…

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

Owner

Operated by PARQUE EOLICO EL ARRAYAN SPA.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 30.6°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

15.3°Cannual mean temp
1,081heating degree-days (base 18°C)
83cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
298 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 19 °CJF: 19 °CFM: 18 °CMA: 15 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 12 °CJJ: 12 °CJA: 12 °CAS: 13 °CSO: 15 °CON: 17 °CND: 18 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 56% 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: 27/100 — 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.

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 #1 largest wind power plant of 18 in Chile by capacity.

Chile has 18 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 897 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -30.5793, -71.6981 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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