RECIP power plant is a 102 MW gas power station in Oranjestad, Aruba. It is operated by Water- en Energiebedrijf Aruba NV [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 115k homes (estimated). It ranks #1 of 1 Aruba power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2022, it is around 4 years old — recently built.
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_recip_aruba.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408499; fuel: GEM GOGPT
Technically it is described as Engine. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Operated by Water- en Energiebedrijf Aruba NV [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 12.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
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.
Aruba has 1 gas power plant in this dataset, together about 102 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 12.4760362, -69.9821593 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
RECIP power plant is a 102 MW gas power plant in Oranjestad, Aruba, commissioned in 2022.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 114,881 homes (estimated).
RECIP power plant is operated by Water- en Energiebedrijf Aruba NV [100%].
