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EOLICA CUEL

Wind power plant in Biobio, Chile. Approximate location -37.5107, -72.4937.

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EOLICA CUEL is a 33 MW wind power plant in Biobio, Chile. It is operated by AELA EOLICA NEGRETE SPA. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 28,082 homes (estimated). It ranks #131 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).

33MW installed capacity
28,082homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CHL0002007.

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 AELA EOLICA NEGRETE SPA.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 37.5°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

13.4°Cannual mean temp
1,777heating degree-days (base 18°C)
75cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
116 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 20 °CJF: 19 °CFM: 16 °CMA: 13 °CAM: 10 °CMJ: 9 °CJJ: 8 °CJA: 9 °CAS: 11 °CSO: 13 °CON: 15 °CND: 18 °CD20 °C

Heating degree-days here run 28% 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: 39/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 #12 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 -37.5107, -72.4937 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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