Gas power plant in Santa Cruz, Argentina. Approximate location -51.634092, -69.307459.
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Río Gallegos power station is a 50 MW gas power plant in Santa Cruz, Argentina. It is operated by Industrias Juan F. Secco SA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 56k homes (estimated). It ranks #113 of 275 Argentina power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 52.7% 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 GOGPT_riogallegos_argent.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 50 MW, Río Gallegos power station is below the median gas plant in Argentina (125 MW). 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Industrias Juan F. Secco SA [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 51.6°S — 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).
The #72 largest gas power plant of 95 in Argentina by capacity.
Argentina has 95 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 22,760 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -51.634092, -69.307459 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Río Gallegos power station is a 50 MW gas power plant in Santa Cruz, Argentina.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 56,314 homes (estimated).
Río Gallegos power station is operated by Industrias Juan F. Secco SA [100%].
