Within the framework of its expansion and modernization plan, Grupo Albanesi announced the authorization by CAMMESA of the eighth gas turbine for the Modesto Maranzana Thermal Power Plant, located in Río Cuarto. This novelty, the product of a US$190 million 100% private investment, is part of the project to convert the largest thermal generation plant that Albanesi owns in the country from open cycle to combined cycle.
The second stage of this work, whose inauguration is scheduled for the last quarter of the year, consists of the commissioning of the new steam turbine, which will add 125 MW to its installed capacity. With it, Maranzana will reach a total capacity of 475 MW, consolidating itself as a pillar in the electricity supply of the province, where currently provides 25% of the energy consumed in Córdoba.
The development of this project is part of an investment plan that together exceeds US$500 million. One of them has been operational since April. This is the completion of the work to expand and close the combined cycle of the Ezeiza Thermal Power Plant, with which it managed to double its installed power, going from 150 MW to 300 MW, and which represented an investment of more than US$220 million. .
The other corresponds to the construction of the Arroyo Seco Cogeneration Plant, in the province of Santa Fe. The work requires an investment of more than US$150 million and will have 130 MW of installed power that will be injected into the Argentine Interconnection System ( SADI) and 180 tn/h of process steam for the industry. The steam resulting from the operation will be delivered to the Louis Dreyfus Company industrial complex for its production process. It is estimated that the first stage will be operational during the third quarter of 2024, and that the second will be operational in the first quarter of 2025.
