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CFE — power plant portfolio

CFE operates 66 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 38,807 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 88,751,781 t CO₂/yr.

66power plants
38,807MW total capacity
1countries
88,751,781t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Oil: 21 plants21OilGas: 21 plants21GasHydro: 18 plants18HydroCoal: 3 plants3CoalGeothermal: 2 plants2GeothermalNuclear: 1 plants1Nuclear

Fleet interpretation

CFE is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is Mexico (66).

The fuel mix by asset count is oil (21), gas (21), hydro (18), coal (3). The largest listed asset is Plutarco Elías Calles (Petacalco) in Mexico (2,778 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 589 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 30 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 0 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 66 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
Plutarco Elías Calles (Petacalco)CoalMexico2,7786,926,400
Manuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén)HydroMexico2,400
Adolfo López Mateos (Tuxpan)OilMexico2,1003,084,600
Laguna VerdeNuclearMexico1,608
Francisco Pérez Ríos (Tula)OilMexico1,6061,551,100
Carbón IICoalMexico1,4004,448,700
Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo)OilMexico1,3008,352,200
InfiernilloHydroMexico1,200
José López Portillo (Río Escondido)CoalMexico1,2002,991,900
MalpasoHydroMexico1,080
Aguamilpa SolidaridadHydroMexico960
Belisario Domínguez (Angostura)HydroMexico900
Presidente Juárez (Rosarito) (CC)GasMexico7734,536,500
Alfredo Elías Ayub (La Yesca)HydroMexico750
Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine (El Cajón)HydroMexico750
Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete IGasMexico727
Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo) Paquete IIGasMexico727
Villa de ReyesOilMexico700816,240
Puerto LibertadOilMexico6322,483,700
Chihuahua II (El Encino)GasMexico6191,484,500
José Aceves Pozos (Mazatlán II)OilMexico6161,547,400
Carlos Ramírez Ulloa (El Caracol)HydroMexico600
El SáuzGasMexico5911,600,100
Cerro PrietoGeothermalMexico570
SalamancaOilMexico5502,235,400
Valle de México (CC)GasMexico549
Samalayuca IIGasMexico5222,767,600
AltamiraOilMexico5001,964,800
TulaGasMexico489
Carlos Rodríguez Rivero (Guaymas II)OilMexico484564,370
Huinalá IIGasMexico471
Dos BocasGasMexico452914,110
Valle de México (Vapor)GasMexico450
Luis Donaldo Colosio (Huites)HydroMexico422
Ángel Albino Corzo (Peñitas)HydroMexico420
San Lorenzo PotenciaGasMexico382792,590
Huinalá (CC)GasMexico378801,800
TemascalHydroMexico354
TijuanaGasMexico345
Guadalupe Victoria (Lerdo)OilMexico320373,130
Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes (Topolobampo)OilMexico3201,257,470
La VillitaHydroMexico320
Presidente Juárez (Rosarito) (Vapor)OilMexico320
Benito Juárez (Samalayuca)OilMexico316
Emilio Portes Gil (Río Bravo) (Vapor)GasMexico3001,685,600
Francisco VillaOilMexico300349,820
Fernando Hiriart Balderrama (Zimapán)HydroMexico292
Valentín Gómez Farías (Agua Prieta)HydroMexico240
Gómez PalacioGasMexico240481,620
HermosilloGasMexico227543,980
Los AzufresGeothermalMexico225
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Valladolid)GasMexico220341,570
MazatepecHydroMexico220
Emilio Portes Gil (Río Bravo) (CC)GasMexico211
Mérida IIOilMexico168
Baja California Sur IOilMexico163
Huinalá (Turbogás)GasMexico150
Plutarco Elías Calles (El Novillo)HydroMexico135
Poza RicaOilMexico117459,790
Lerma (Campeche)OilMexico112131,180
Punta Prieta IIOilMexico112
NecaxaHydroMexico109
NonoalcoGasMexico106
Gral. Agustín Olachea A. (Puerto San Carlos)OilMexico104123,751
CancúnOilMexico102137,590
Raúl J. Marsal (Comedero)HydroMexico100

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does CFE operate?

CFE operates 66 power plants across 1 country, with about 38,807 MW of total capacity.

What is CFE's largest power plant?

Plutarco Elías Calles (Petacalco) in Mexico is its largest at about 2,778 MW.

What types of power plants does CFE run?

Its fleet is mostly oil (21), gas (21), hydro (18).

How much CO₂ do CFE's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 88,751,781 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology