Costanera power plant
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 37 ′ 31 ″ S , 58 ° 20 ′ 21 ″ W | ||
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 Argentina
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| Waters | Río de la Plata (cooling with sea water) | ||
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| Type | Gas and combined cycle power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | natural gas | ||
| power | 2,324 MW | ||
| owner | Enel | ||
| operator | Enel | ||
| Start of operations | 1963 | ||
| Energy fed in 2016 | 5,713 GWh | ||
| was standing | = | ||
The Costanera power plant ( Spanish Central térmica Costanera ) is a gas and combined cycle power plant in Buenos Aires , Argentina , which is located in the La Boca district on the Río de la Plata .
Data
With an installed capacity of 2,324 MW , Costanera is the most powerful power plant in Argentina (as of August 2017). The annual generation in 2016 was 5.713 billion kWh (2.179 billion from the conventional and 3.534 billion kWh from the CCGT systems).
The power plant went into operation in 1963 with the first two units. It is owned by Enel and operated by Enel.
Power plant units
The power plant consists of 3 systems. The following table gives an overview:
| investment | block | Max. Power (MW) | Start of operation | turbine | generator | Steam boiler |
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| 1 | 1 | 123 | 1963 | BTH | BTH | ICL |
| 2 | 116 | 1963 | BTH | BTH | ICL | |
| 3 | 112 | 1964 | BTH | BTH | ICL | |
| 4th | 120 | 1964 | BTH | BTH | ICL | |
| 5 | 350 | 1975 | Hitachi | Hitachi | German Babcock | |
| 6th | 310 | 1984 | LMZ | Electrosila | German Babcock | |
| 2 | 1 | 264 | 1998 | MHI | Melco | |
| 2 | 264 | 1998 | MHI | Melco | ||
| 3 | 322 | 1998 | MHI | Melco | ||
| 3 | 1 | 218 | 1995 | Siemens | Siemens | Nooter Eriksen |
| 2 | 103 | 1964 | BTH | BTH |
Plant 1 is a conventional thermal power plant , consisting of 6 individual blocks that can be fired with both natural gas and oil. Plants 2 and 3 are combined cycle power plants . Plant 2 consists of 2 gas turbines with a downstream steam turbine . In plant 3, the original steam turbine was retrofitted in 1996 with a gas turbine with a heat recovery steam generator .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Enel Generación Costanera. Enel , accessed August 16, 2017 (Spanish).
- ↑ a b Endesa Costanera Thermal Power Plant. Global Energy Observatory, accessed August 16, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Endesa Costanera CCGT Power Plant Argentina. Global Energy Observatory, accessed August 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Endesa Costanera CBA CCGT Power Plant Argentina. Global Energy Observatory, accessed August 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Steam-electric plants in Argentina - other fuels. (No longer available online.) Power Plants Around the World, archived from the original on July 19, 2009 ; accessed on August 16, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
