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LA RIOJA — 42 MW Oil

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LA RIOJA is a 42 MW oil power plant located in Argentina. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
42 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1998

Year online

Owner
GENERACION RIOJANA SA

Operator

Location
-29.38, -66.83

Coordinates

Insights

#159
largest in %s
#707
largest %s worldwide
#14,931
largest worldwide
1998
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
7
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
42 MW
Commissioned
1998
Status
Operational
Owner
GENERACION RIOJANA SA
Country
Argentina
Coordinates
-29.382, -66.833
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Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
95,659 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2.9M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

20,795
cars / year
12,755
homes / year
4.3M
trees to offset

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

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Argentina · Wind

25MW

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CT LA RIOJA DELIVERY

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CT CATAMARCA

Argentina · Oil

19MW

About this plant

LA RIOJA is a 42 MW oil and gas-fired power plant in Argentina, operated by GENERACION RIOJANA SA.

Ranked #10 of 107 oil plants in Argentina, it represents 1.43% of the country’s total oil capacity of 2,928 MW. The largest oil plant in Argentina is Central Bicentenario at 466 MW, making LA RIOJA 11.1 times smaller.

Nearby plants include CT LA RIOJA DELIVERY (19.2 MW, Oil) and CT LA RIOJA SUR (10 MW, Oil). The facility is located in La Rioja Province, around 300 km from the nearest major city, Mendoza.

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