PUNTA ALTA - CENTENARIO — Argentina

PUNTA ALTA - CENTENARIO is a 1.8 MW wind power plant in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is operated by COOPERATIVAS. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1.5k homes (estimated). It ranks #264 of 275 Argentina power plants by installed capacity. 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 ARG0000017.

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 1.8 MW, PUNTA ALTA - CENTENARIO is below the median wind plant in Argentina (16.6 MW). 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

0.9% of 212 MW across 12 plants in this dataset

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 COOPERATIVAS.

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 38.8°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 38% 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: 34/100 — 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 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 #12 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

• Ingeniero White thermal power plant · Gas · 99.6 MW · Buenos Aires
• CENTRAL BAHIA BLANCA (PIEDRA BUENA) SA · Coal · 620 MW · Buenos Aires
• Piedra Buena power station · Gas · 620 MW · Buenos Aires
• Solalban Energía power station · Gas · 120 MW · Buenos Aires
• CT ECOENERGIA (PETROBRAS) · Coal · 13.2 MW · Buenos Aires
• Guillermo Brown power station · Gas · 876 MW · Buenos Aires

Location

Coordinates -38.7833, -61.8984 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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