The coal-fired power station was built after SMC sold the combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant within the same town in 2011. SMC had intended to convert the CCGT facility it purchased in 2009 into a natural gas power plant, but eventually abandoned that plan in favour of constructing a new coal-fired power station on another site.[2][3]
Since 2017, the power plant's operation has been opposed by environmentalist groups.[4]
Facilities
The Limay Coal Power Plant has four 150-MW units, with the whole complex having a capacity of 600-MW.[1]