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PUNTA DEL TIGRE 7 Y 8 — 50 MW Natural Gas

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PUNTA DEL TIGRE 7 Y 8 is a 50 MW gas power plant located in Uruguay. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
50 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2020

Year online

Owner
UTE

Operator

Location
-34.75, -56.54

Coordinates

Insights

#18
largest in Uruguay
#3,707
largest Natural Gas worldwide
#13,085
largest worldwide
2020
21 yrs newer than avg
15
operated by UTE
20
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
50 MW
Commissioned
2020
Status
Operational
Owner
UTE
Country
URY
Coordinates
-34.750, -56.541

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
96,579 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2,897,370 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

20,995
cars / year
12,877
homes / year
4,389,955
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

PUNTA DEL TIGRE A

Uruguay · Oil

300MW · 1998

CTR

Uruguay · Natural Gas

212MW

MOTORES CENTRAL BATLLE

Uruguay · Oil

80MW

VALENTINES

Uruguay · Wind

70MW · 2019

COLONIA ARIAS

Uruguay · Wind

70MW · 2019

PARQUE EÓLICO ARTILLEROS

Uruguay · Wind

65MW

About this plant

Punta del Tigre 7 y 8 is a 50 MW gas-fired power plant in Uruguay, operated since its commissioning year is not specified.

Ranked #2 of 3 gas plants in Uruguay. Its 50 MW represents 18.82% of Uruguay’s total gas capacity of 266 MW. The largest gas plant in Uruguay is CTR at 212 MW, making Punta del Tigre 7 y 8 4.24 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Punta del Tigre A (300 MW, Oil), CTR (212 MW, Gas), and Motores Central Batlle (80 MW, Oil). The facility is located in Uruguay, approximately 56 km from Montevideo.

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