- The expansion project required 110 million total
- It is the first plant of Resolution 21/2016 operational
- On Saturday April 29 gave, for three hours, 166.3 MW of power to the SADI
Central Thermal Bragado is fully operational at the end of the works of committed enlargement, you culminated 30 days before the deadline stipulated in the award under the resolution of the Ministry of Energy and Mining 21/2016.
On Saturday 29th April at 21.13, the Thermal Power Plant had its baptism of fire injecting the Argentine Interconnection System (SADI) 166.3 MW. The new four generating turbines operated simultaneously with the other two existing.
The expansion work is performed in two steps (the first time also materialized in February) and had four GE turbines 30 MW, which can guarantee network 168 MW power. To do this, Genneia invested US $ 110 million and employed 150 people in this project. CT Bragado has an estimated generation of 1000 GW / year, which may supply power to 335,000 households.
"We are proud because it was a serious, committed and professional positions Genneia as the first company to comply in a timely manner with the commitment," said Walter Woolly, general manager of Genneia.
Genneia is a leader in providing sustainable energy solutions based on the use of latest technologies in thermal equipment and main investor in renewable energy projects in Argentina.
It owns and operates 9 thermal generators (340 MW) of the Rawson Wind park (77.4 MW) and is planned to construct in successive stages the Madryn Wind park 220 MW. In recent bids Renew 1 and 1.5, Genneia was awarded with Villalonga (50MW), Chubut Norte (28,35MW), Pomona (100 MW) and Necochea (38 MW) projects. The company also expanded in 24MW Wind Park Rawson to destine the sale of energy to private.
Shareholding structure of Genneia
44 percent of Genneia belongs to PointState Argentum; 25% to Fintech Energy LLC; another 25% distributed between Jorge Brito, Jorge Pablo Brito and Ezequiel Carballo, and the rest to laig Investments, through its vehicle Prado Largo.
Alfredo Bernardi Manager of Institutional Relations and CSR GENNEIA Nicolas Repetto 3676, 3rd floor, Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina (+ 54-11) 6090 3235 alfredo.bernardi@genneia.com.ar
