PARQUE EOLICO RAWSON I (ENARSA) — Argentina

PARQUE EOLICO RAWSON I (ENARSA) is a 48.6 MW wind power plant in Chubut, Argentina. It is operated by ENARSA. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 41k homes (estimated). It ranks #116 of 275 Argentina power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2012, it is around 14 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 12.2% 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 ARG0000076.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 48.6 MW, PARQUE EOLICO RAWSON I (ENARSA) is well above the median wind plant in Argentina (16.6 MW). Technically it is described as Onshore. Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Share of Argentina wind capacity

23.0% of 212 MW across 12 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

1 of 4 dated wind plants in Argentina is older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest wind plants in Argentina

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

Owner

Operated by ENARSA. All plants by this company →

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 43.4°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 25% 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: 40/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest wind power plant of 12 in Argentina by capacity.

Argentina has 12 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 212 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• PARQUE EOLICO RAWSON II (ENARSA) · Wind · 28.8 MW · Chubut
• CT ALEM · Oil · 15 MW · Chubut
• PARQUE EOLICO LOMA BLANCA IV (ENARSA) · Wind · 50 MW · Chubut
• PUERTO MADRYN · Gas · 42 MW · Chubut
• FLORENTINO AMEGHINO · Hydro · 60 MW · Chubut

Location

Coordinates -43.3522, -65.1734 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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