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ESCABA — 24 MW Hydroelectric

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ESCABA is a 24 MW hydro power plant located in Argentina. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
24 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1956

Year online

Owner
H. TUCUMAN SA

Operator

Location
-27.66, -65.76

Coordinates

Insights

#195
largest in %s
#4,173
largest %s worldwide
#18,084
largest worldwide
1956
%d yrs older than avg
3
operated by %s
22
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
24 MW
Commissioned
1956
Status
Operational
Owner
H. TUCUMAN SA
Country
Argentina
Coordinates
-27.659, -65.763

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
2,018 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
161,464 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

439
cars / year
269
homes / year
91,741
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

PLANICIE BANDERITA

Argentina · Hydroelectric

472MW · 1979

CT TUCUMAN

Argentina · Natural Gas

438MW · 1998

CT SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN

Argentina · Natural Gas

397MW · 1999

CT PLUSPETROL NORTE

Argentina · Natural Gas

246MW · 2002

Central Térmica Independecia

Argentina · Oil

220MW · 2005

CT INDEPENDENCIA

Argentina · Natural Gas

120MW · 1995

About this plant

ESCABA is a 24 MW hydroelectric power plant in Argentina, operated by H. TUCUMAN SA since 1956.

Ranked #69 of 111 hydro plants in Argentina, ESCABA’s 24 MW accounts for 0.08% of Argentina’s total hydro capacity of 30,334 MW. The largest hydro plant in Argentina is Corpus Christi Dam at 3,800 MW, making ESCABA 158.3 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include CT SALTO (22.5 MW, Oil), Dique Escaba (18 MW, Hydro), and Arcor SAIC (11 MW, Biomass). The facility is located in Tucumán Province, approximately 1,200 km northwest of Buenos Aires.

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