Controls Upgrade Adds Resiliency
and Operational Flexibility

 Enel Generación Costanera is the largest thermal power plant in Argentina, with a natural gas–fueled 851 MW combined-cycle power block that entered commercial operation in 1998. After a rigorous evaluation, Enel chose an upgrade to Mitsubishi Power‘s DIASYS Netmation 4S controls platform. Mitsubishi’s experience as a power block equipment and total plant designer, and rigorous preplanning together with Enel, resulted in as-planned execution of this major control system upgrade, which included valve calibrations and combustion tuning during the difficult period of the pandemic. The upgrade was completed early, and startup in combined-cycle mode had no problems.