TURBINA RÍO BRANCO — Uruguay
Oil power plant in Cerro Largo, Uruguay. Approximate location -32.6576, -53.3357.
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TURBINA RÍO BRANCO is a 4.3 MW oil power plant in Cerro Largo, Uruguay. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 3.2k homes (estimated). It ranks #64 of 73 Uruguay power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 2.2% of Uruguay's electricity; the national grid averages 80 gCO₂/kWh (97.8% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id URY0000891.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Uruguay oil capacity
- 1.1% of 386 MW across 4 plants in this dataset
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest oil plants in Uruguay
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Local climate & thermal context
This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. 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.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 72% 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: 23/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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.
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #3 largest oil power plant of 4 in Uruguay by capacity.
Uruguay has 4 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 386 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Aura Mirim IV · Wind · 15 MW · Rio Grande do Sul
- Aura Mangueira XII · Wind · 15 MW · Rio Grande do Sul
- Aura Mangueira XI · Wind · 9 MW · Rio Grande do Sul
- Aura Mangueira XIII · Wind · 15 MW · Rio Grande do Sul
- Aura Mangueira XV · Wind · 18 MW · Rio Grande do Sul
- MELOWIND · Wind · 50 MW · Cerro Largo
Location
Coordinates -32.6576, -53.3357 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
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TURBINA RÍO BRANCO is a 4.3 MW oil power plant in Cerro Largo, Uruguay.