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Power plants in Chile

A directory of 315 power plants in Chile with a combined installed capacity of 22,476 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

315power plants
22,476MW total capacity
8fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Chile)

Hydro: 99 plants99HydroSolar: 77 plants77SolarOil: 73 plants73OilBiomass: 22 plants22BiomassWind: 18 plants18WindCoal: 14 plants14CoalGas: 11 plants11GasPetcoke: 1 plants1Petcoke

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Chile electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

289gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
66.4%low-carbon electricity
66.4%renewables
33.6%fossil fuels
Solar: 25 % of electricity25SolarHydro: 22 % of electricity22HydroCoal: 18 % of electricity18CoalGas: 15 % of electricity15GasWind: 13 % of electricity13WindBioenergy: 6 % of electricity6BioenergyOil: 1 % of electricity1OilOther Renewables: 0 % of electricity0Other Rene…

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Chile

#PlantFuelMW
1TERMOELECTRICA TOCOPILLA (U12)Coal1,002
2NEHUENCOGas875
3ATACAMA (CC1-CC2)Gas768
4GUACOLDACoal760
5RALCOHydro690
6PEHUENCHEHydro570
7TERMOELECTRICA ANGAMOS 1(ANG1)_ 2(ANG2)Coal488
8BOCAMINA (I-II)Coal478
9COLBUNHydro474
10PANGUEHydro467
11EL TOROHydro450
12SAN ISIDRO IIGas406
13SAN ISIDRO IGas379
14RAPELHydro378
15NUEVA RENCAOil370
16SANTA MARIACoal342
17ANGOSTURAHydro324
18VENTANASCoal322
19ANTUCOHydro320
20TERMOELECTRICA MEJILLONES (CTM1)Coal319

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Hydro (99)Solar (77)Oil (73)Biomass (22)Wind (18)Coal (14)Gas (11)