
Güemes Thermal Power Plant (‘Güemes’ or ‘CTG’)
CTG is in northwestern Argentina, in the City of Gral. Güemes, Province of Salta. Privatized in 1992, it has a 261 MW open cycle thermal power generation plant, with the addition in September 2008 of a GE (‘General Electric’) gas-fired turbo generator unit of 100 MW, totaling 361 MW, which accounts for 0.9% of Argentina’s installed capacity. From 1993 to 2021, its average annual generation was 1,657 GWh, with a generation record high of 1,903 GWh in 1996 and a record low of 368 GWh in 2020.
The following table shows the most relevant statistical data on CTG:
2020 | 2021 | |
Net Generation (GWh) | 368 | 392 |
Purchases of Energy (GWh) | 50 | 232 |
Total Energy Sales (GWh) | 418 | 624 |
Average Price (US$/MWh) | 42 | 45 |
Average Gross Profit (US$/MWh) | 13 | 10 |
Note: Gross Margin before depreciation and amortization, values expressed in nominal terms. AR$/US$ exchange rate: 2020 – 70.59; 2021 – 95.16.
Technical Data
Plant | Unit | Installed Capacity (MW) | Efficiency | Fuel | Start – Up | Type of Unit | |
CTG | GUEMTV11 | 63 | 361 | 36% | Natural gas | 1983 | Turbine / Steam boiler |
GUEMTV12 | 63 | 36% | |||||
GUEMTV13 | 135 | 40% | 1992 | ||||
GUEMTG01 (Plus) | 100 | 44% | 2008 | Turbine aeroderivative gas |