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COLBUN S.A. — power plant portfolio

COLBUN S.A. operates 19 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 3,200 MW.

19power plants
3,200MW total capacity
1countries
t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 14 plants14HydroOil: 2 plants2OilGas: 2 plants2GasCoal: 1 plants1Coal

Fleet interpretation

COLBUN S.A. is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is Chile (19).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (14), oil (2), gas (2), coal (1). The largest listed asset is NEHUENCO in Chile (855 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 168 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 0 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 19 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
NEHUENCOGasChile855
COLBUNHydroChile474
SANTA MARIACoalChile350
ANGOSTURAHydroChile328
CANDELARIAGasChile254
RUCUEHydroChile178
CANUTILLARHydroChile172
LOS PINOSOilChile108
ANTILHUEOilChile102
MACHICURAHydroChile95
QUILLECOHydroChile71
BLANCOHydroChile53
LOS QUILOSHydroChile40
SAN IGNACIOHydroChile37
JUNCALHydroChile29
CHACABUQUITOHydroChile26
CHIBURGOHydroChile19
SAN CLEMENTEHydroChile6
JUNCALITOHydroChile1

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 COLBUN S.A. operate?

COLBUN S.A. operates 19 power plants across 1 country, with about 3,200 MW of total capacity.

What is COLBUN S.A.'s largest power plant?

NEHUENCO in Chile is its largest at about 855 MW.

What types of power plants does COLBUN S.A. run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (14), oil (2), gas (2).

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