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CAFAYATE — 4 MW Oil

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CAFAYATE is a 4 MW oil power plant located in Argentina. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
4 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2001

Year online

Owner
AES ARGENTINA GENERACION S.A.

Operator

Location
-26.07, -65.99

Coordinates

Insights

#312
largest in %s
#1,589
largest %s worldwide
#30,566
largest worldwide
2001
%d yrs newer than avg
12
operated by %s
7
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
4 MW
Commissioned
2001
Status
Operational
Owner
AES ARGENTINA GENERACION S.A.
Country
Argentina
Coordinates
-26.072, -65.988

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
9,525 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
285,748 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

2,071
cars / year
1,270
homes / year
432,951
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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Argentina · Coal

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About this plant

CAFAYATE is a 4.182 MW oil-fired power plant in Argentina, operated by AES ARGENTINA GENERACION S.A. since its commissioning year is not specified.

Ranked #83 of 107 oil plants in Argentina, CAFAYATE’s 4.182 MW represents 0.14% of Argentina’s total oil capacity of 2,928 MW. The largest oil plant in Argentina is Central Bicentenario at 466 MW, making CAFAYATE 111 times smaller.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km of CAFAYATE. The facility is located in the province of Salta, approximately 1,600 km northwest of Buenos Aires.

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