SUDOESTE

Gas power plant in Cordoba, Argentina. Approximate location -31.463, -64.2388.

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SUDOESTE is a 140 MW gas power station in Cordoba, Argentina. It is operated by EPEC. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 157,680 homes (estimated). It ranks #48 of 236 Argentina power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1981, it is around 45 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 52.7% of Argentina's electricity; the national grid averages 346 gCO₂/kWh (41.6% low-carbon) (2025).

140MW installed capacity
157,680homes powered (est.)
1981commissioned (~45 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id ARG0000108.

~220,752 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

51,457passenger cars driven for a year
28,789homes' yearly energy use
3,679,200tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Argentina

NUEVO PUERTO: 1,218 MW1kNUEVO PUER…DOCK SUD: 872 MW872DOCK SUDCENTRAL TERMOELECTRICA MANUEL BELGRANO: 868 MW868CENTRAL TE…CENTRAL TERMOELECTRICA TIMBUES: 865 MW865CENTRAL TE…CENTRAL T.GENELBA: 674 MW674CENTRAL T.…CENTRAL TERMICA DE CICLO COMBINADO SALTA: 643 MW643CENTRAL TE…CT ENSENADA DE BARRAGAN: 567 MW567CT ENSENAD…VUELTA DE OBLIGADO: 560 MW560VUELTA DE …

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

Owner

Operated by EPEC. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 31.5°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.1°Cannual mean temp
900heating degree-days (base 18°C)
564cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
394 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 23 °CJF: 22 °CFM: 20 °CMA: 17 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 11 °CJJ: 10 °CJA: 12 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 18 °CON: 20 °CND: 23 °CD23 °C

Heating degree-days here run 63% 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: 25/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~1% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #24 largest gas power plant of 57 in Argentina by capacity.

Argentina has 57 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 13,042 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -31.463, -64.2388 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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