Gas power plant in Santa Fe, Argentina. Approximate location -32.663009, -60.749203.
GasSanta FeArgentinaCCGT · HRSG
Terminal 6 San Lorenzo cogeneration plant is a 391 MW gas power station in Santa Fe, Argentina. It is operated by Central Puerto SA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 440k homes (estimated). It ranks #37 of 275 Argentina power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2021, it is around 5 years old — recently built. 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_terminal6sanlorenzo_argent.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000407532; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 391 MW, Terminal 6 San Lorenzo cogeneration plant is well above the median gas plant in Argentina (125 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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 Central Puerto SA [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 32.7°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).
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 a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness 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.
The #21 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 -32.663009, -60.749203 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Terminal 6 San Lorenzo cogeneration plant is a 391 MW gas power plant in Santa Fe, Argentina, commissioned in 2021.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 440,377 homes (estimated).
Terminal 6 San Lorenzo cogeneration plant is operated by Central Puerto SA [100%].
