PARQUE EÓLICO CARAPÉ I — Uruguay

PARQUE EÓLICO CARAPÉ I is a 51 MW wind power plant in Maldonado, Uruguay. It is operated by Cubico Sustainable Investments. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 43k homes (estimated). It ranks #19 of 73 Uruguay power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 40.6% of Uruguay's electricity; the national grid averages 80 gCO₂/kWh (97.8% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id URY0000788.

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 51 MW, PARQUE EÓLICO CARAPÉ I is well above the median wind plant in Uruguay (42 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 Uruguay wind capacity

3.7% of 1,382 MW across 39 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

11 of 19 dated wind plants in Uruguay are 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 Uruguay

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

Owner

Operated by Cubico Sustainable Investments.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 34.4°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 51% 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: 29/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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 humidity / wetness 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 #8 largest wind power plant of 39 in Uruguay by capacity.

Uruguay has 39 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 1,382 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• PARQUE EÓLICO CARAPÉ II · Wind · 40 MW · Maldonado
• PARQUE EÓLICO MALDONADO II · Wind · 50 MW · Maldonado
• PARQUE EÓLICO MALDONADO · Wind · 50 MW · Maldonado
• CARACOLES 1 del PARQUE EÓLICO ING. EMANUELE CAMBILARGIU · Wind · 10 MW · Maldonado
• CARACOLES 2 del PARQUE EÓLICO ING. EMANUELE CAMBILARGIU · Wind · 10 MW · Maldonado
• LAS ROSAS · Biomass · 1.2 MW · Maldonado

Location

Coordinates -34.395, -54.6951 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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