Vuelta De Obligado power station

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Vuelta De Obligado power station (Central Vuelta de Obligado) is an operating power station of at least 841-megawatts (MW) in Timbúes, departamento San Lorenzo, Santa Fe, Argentina.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Vuelta De Obligado power station Timbúes, departamento San Lorenzo, Santa Fe, Argentina -32.579366, -60.788444 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • 1: -32.579366, -60.788444

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year
1 Operating[2][3] fossil liquids: diesel, fossil gas: natural gas, bioenergy: unknown, other: hydrogen (unknown)[4][2] 841[2][5][3] combined cycle[6][2] not found 2018[6][3]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Operator Owner Parent
1 Central Vuelta de Obligado[2][3] Central Puerto SA [56%]; unknown [43%][6][3][5][6][3][5] Central Puerto SA [56.2%]; unknown [43.8%]

Background

Drought conditions in Brazil's Paraná river threaten the normal operations of the Argentine Vuelta de Obligado power station.[7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. "Central Vuelta de Obligado s.a. · Timbúes, Santa Fe, Argentina". Google Maps. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Nosotros". Central Vuelta de Obligado S.A. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Central Puerto S.A. Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022". US Securities & Exchange Commission. 2023-04-26. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
  4. "Consumo de Combustibles para generación eléctrica". Ministerio de Economía / Energía. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125095627/https://www.argentina.gob.ar/sites/default/files/2018/03/informeanualenre2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Central Vuelta de Obligado". Central Puerto. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
  7. "Brazil drought threatens Argentine power generation". Retrieved 2022-04-08.

Additional data

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