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TERMOELECTRICA ANGAMOS 1(ANG1)_ 2(ANG2)

Coal power plant in Antofagasta, Chile. Approximate location -23.0677, -70.369.

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TERMOELECTRICA ANGAMOS 1(ANG1)_ 2(ANG2) is a 488 MW coal power station in Antofagasta, Chile. It is operated by ANGAMOS. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 611,072 homes (estimated). It ranks #7 of 315 Chile power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 17.8% of Chile's electricity; the national grid averages 289 gCO₂/kWh (66.4% low-carbon) (2025).

488MW installed capacity
611,072homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CHL0000013.

~2,138,754 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

498,544passenger cars driven for a year
278,919homes' yearly energy use
35,645,900tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 50% load factor × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 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 coal plants in Chile

TERMOELECTRICA TOCOPILLA (U12): 1,002 MW1kTERMOELECT…GUACOLDA: 760 MW760GUACOLDATERMOELECTRICA ANGAMOS 1(ANG1)_ 2(ANG2): 488 MW488TERMOELECT…BOCAMINA (I-II): 478 MW478BOCAMINA (…SANTA MARIA: 342 MW342SANTA MARIAVENTANAS: 322 MW322VENTANASTERMOELECTRICA MEJILLONES (CTM1): 319 MW319TERMOELECT…TERMOELECTRICA NORGENER (NTO2): 259 MW259TERMOELECT…

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

Owner

Operated by ANGAMOS.

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 23.1°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.8°Cannual mean temp
463heating degree-days (base 18°C)
376cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
200 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 22 °CJF: 21 °CFM: 20 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 15 °CJJ: 14 °CJA: 15 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 17 °CON: 18 °CND: 20 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 81% 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: 20/100 — 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.

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 #3 largest coal power plant of 14 in Chile by capacity.

Chile has 14 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 4,839 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -23.0677, -70.369 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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