LUZ DE RÍO is a 50 MW wind power plant located in Uruguay. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
Coordinates
Insights
Location
Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Wind
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Commissioned
- 2016
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- UTE (Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisiones Eléctricas)
- Country
- URY
- Coordinates
- -33.886, -56.443
Estimated Carbon Footprint
tonnes / year
over ~25 yrs
gCO₂ per kWh
Annual emissions equal to
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Nearby Stations
About this plant
LUZ DE RÍO is a 50 MW wind power plant in Uruguay, commissioned in 2015.
Ranked #9 of 39 wind plants in Uruguay, it accounts for 3.62% of the country’s total wind capacity of 1,382 MW. The largest wind plant in Uruguay is PAMPA at 142 MW, making LUZ DE RÍO 2.84 times smaller.
Nearby plants within 50 km include COLONIA ARIAS (70 MW, Wind), PARQUE EÓLICO FLORIDA I (50 MW, Wind), and TALAS DEL MACIEL I (50 MW, Wind). The facility is located in the Paysandú Department, approximately 200 km northwest of Montevideo.
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