# Central Puerto launches $150M combined cycle conversion at Brigadier López plant

Central Puerto initiated a project to convert the Brigadier López open cycle thermoelectric plant in Sauce Viejo, Santa Fe, Argentina, into a combined cycle with an estimated investment of US$150 million. The conversion will add 140 MW of capacity, bringing total output to 432 MW, and create over 130 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-11-17
- Where: Sauce Viejo, Santa Fe, Argentina
- Value: $150.0M
- Jobs: 130
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 140 MW additional capacity (total 432 MW)
- Products: electricity from natural gas
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Central Puerto](https://endata.com/companies/21179.md)

## Sources

- [accessnewswire.com](https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/oil-gas-and-energy/with-an-investment-of-us160-million-central-puerto-launches-the-project-of-closin-805899), 2023-11-17: "We are very proud to launch this project that means optimization of resources, growth and diversification of the company's energy matrix."

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