URY

LUZ DE RÍO — 50 MW Wind

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LUZ DE RÍO is a 50 MW wind power plant located in Uruguay. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
50 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2016

Year online

Owner
UTE (Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisiones Eléctricas)

Operator

Location
-33.89, -56.44

Coordinates

Insights

#18
largest in Uruguay
#1,297
largest Wind worldwide
#13,085
largest worldwide
2016
4 yrs newer than avg
7
operated by UTE (Administración Nacional…
21
plants within 100 km

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

Annual CO₂
1,445 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
36,135 t

over ~25 yrs

Intensity
11 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

314
cars / year
193
homes / year
65,700
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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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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