The Bragado Thermal Power Plant was officially inaugurated after a series of works that allowed the Power Plant to contribute an additional 118.2 MW of power to the Argentine Interconnection System (SADI). This expansion work culminated 37 days before the deadline stipulated in the award, within the framework of the resolution of the Ministry of Energy and Mining 21/2016.

The Minister of Energy and Mining of the Nation, Juan José Aranguren, participated in the inaugural ceremony; the Secretary General of the Government of the Province of Buenos Aires, Fabián Perechodnik, and the Intendant of Bragado, Vicente Gatica, among other officials, businessmen and collaborators of the company.

They invested 110 million dollars; it will generate power for 355,000 homes. With a total power of 166.3 MW, it is the first plant in Resolution 21/2016 operational

Jorge Pablo Brito, president of Genneia, said: \"I am proud of what we have achieved. It was a dream that we shared inside Genneia with great enthusiasm and at the same time with a lot of effort and professionalism. We ran to meet the times and the forms. And we did it. We deliver energy one month earlier than agreed. \"

Juan José Aranguren, Minister of Energy commented \"Today in Argentina there are 69 projects under construction, we are working with the truth to measure, improve and transform the country. This work that was inaugurated today in Bragado is the product of the effort of the public and private sector, a demonstration that things can be done in a responsible and transparent manner \"

For his part, the General Secretary of the Government of the Province of Buenos Aires, Fabián Perechodnik said \"the Governor (Maria Eugenia Vidal) always talks about doing and being that means nothing more or less than carrying out concrete things, such as For example, the more than one thousand works that we have planned for 2017 with the commitment of each one of us, companies and national, provincial and municipal governments if we lose sight of who we are. It is about working together to improve the quality of life of all citizens \"

As closing, Vicente Gatica, Mayor of Bragado added \"We see with pride that the Thermal Power Plant of Bragado is a reality, and will be a direct benefit for the inhabitants. In the work they worked many citizens of the municipality and specialists from our technical school \"

The work was carried out in two stages (the first was also completed in time in February) and added four GE turbines of 30 MW each, which now guarantees a total power of 168 MW for the entire power plant. For this, Genneia invested US $ 110 million and employed 150 people in this project. The CT Bragado has an estimated generation of 1000 GW / year, which will be able to power 335,000 homes.

Genneia is a leading company in the supply of sustainable energy solutions, based on the use of cutting-edge technologies in thermal equipment and principal investor in renewable energy projects in the Argentine Republic.

It owns and operates 9 thermal power plants (340 MW), of the Rawson Wind Farm (77.4 MW) and plans to build the Madryn Wind Farm by 220 MW in successive stages. In the recent Renew 1 and 1.5 tenders, Genneia was awarded with the Villalonga (50MW), Chubut Norte (28.35MW), Pomona (100 MW) and Necochea (38 MW) projects. The company will also expand the Rawson Wind Farm by 24MW to use it for private energy sales.