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Power plants in Colombia

A directory of 25 power plants in Colombia with a combined installed capacity of 10,924 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

25power plants
10,924MW total capacity
5fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Colombia)

Hydro: 12 plants12HydroCoal: 5 plants5CoalGas: 5 plants5GasSolar: 2 plants2SolarOil: 1 plants1Oil

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

Colombia electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

187gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
77.0%low-carbon electricity
77.0%renewables
23.0%fossil fuels
Hydro: 69 % of electricity69HydroGas: 14 % of electricity14GasCoal: 6 % of electricity6CoalSolar: 5 % of electricity5SolarOil: 3 % of electricity3OilBioenergy: 3 % of electricity3BioenergyWind: 0 % of electricity0Wind

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

Largest plants in Colombia

#PlantFuelMW
1San CarlosHydro1,246
2GavioHydro1,200
3ChivorHydro1,000
4TermobarranquillaGas918
5SogamosoHydro820
6TermofloresGas670
7Porce IIIHydro660
8Central GuatapéHydro560
9La SierraGas460
10Miel IHydro396
11Termopaipa power stationCoal346
12Termoguajira power stationCoal330
13Termotasajero power stationCoal323
14Cantral La TasajeraHydro306
15TermocentroGas300
16Central Guadalupe IIIHydro270
17Termozipa Corral power stationCoal230
18TermovalleGas205
19CartagenaOil188
20JaguasHydro170

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Hydro (12)Coal (5)Gas (5)