Power plants in ChileA directory of 336 power plants in Chile with a combined installed capacity of 34,362 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.
Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castilla power station | Coal | 2,100 |
| 2 | Luz de Atacama power station | Coal | 1,410 |
| 3 | Energía Minera power station | Coal | 1,050 |
| 4 | TERMOELECTRICA TOCOPILLA (U12) | Coal | 1,002 |
| 5 | NEHUENCO | Gas | 855 |
| 6 | ATACAMA (CC1-CC2) | Gas | 768 |
| 7 | GUACOLDA | Coal | 760 |
| 8 | Los Robles power station | Coal | 750 |
| 9 | Punta Alcalde power station | Coal | 740 |
| 10 | Río Corrientes power station | Coal | 700 |
| 11 | RALCO | Hydro | 690 |
| 12 | El Campesino power station | Gas | 640 |
| 13 | Tierra Noble power station | Gas | 600 |
| 14 | PEHUENCHE | Hydro | 570 |
| 15 | Andes Vallenar power station | Gas | 540 |
| 16 | Los Rulos power station | Gas | 540 |
| 17 | Barrancones power station | Coal | 540 |
| 18 | Kelar power station | Gas | 517 |
| 19 | TERMOELECTRICA ANGAMOS 1(ANG1)_ 2(ANG2) | Coal | 488 |
| 20 | BOCAMINA (I-II) | Coal | 478 |
There are 336 power plants in Chile in this open dataset, with about 34,362 MW of total capacity.
Castilla power station is the largest at about 2,100 MW (coal).
The most common plant type in this dataset is hydro (99 plants), across 8 fuel types in total.
Chile's grid carbon intensity is about 289 gCO₂/kWh, with 66.4% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
