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Power plants in Costa Rica

A directory of 27 power plants in Costa Rica with a combined installed capacity of 1,968 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

27power plants
1,968MW total capacity
4fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Costa Rica)

Hydro: 18 plants18HydroGeothermal: 5 plants5GeothermalOil: 3 plants3OilSolar: 1 plants1Solar

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

Costa Rica electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

24gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
100.0%low-carbon electricity
100.0%renewables
0.0%fossil fuels
Hydro: 75 % of electricity75HydroWind: 12 % of electricity12WindOther Renewables: 12 % of electricity12Other Rene…Solar: 1 % of electricity1SolarBioenergy: 0 % of electricity0Bioenergy

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

Largest plants in Costa Rica

#PlantFuelMW
1Moin II and III Power Plant Costa RicaOil234
2Angostura Hydroelectric Power Station Costa RicaHydro210
3Garabito ICE Power Plant Costa RicaOil200
4Corobici (Miguel Pablo Dengo) Hydroelectric Power Plant Costa RicaHydro180
5Arenal Hydroelectric Power Plant Costa RicaHydro158
6Pirris Hydroelectric Power Station Costa RicaHydro134
7Rio Macho Hydroelectic Power Plant Costa RicaHydro120
8Miravalles I and II Geothermal Power Plant Costa RicaGeothermal115
9Cachi Hydroelectric Power Station Costa RicaHydro102
10Ventanas-Garita Hydroelectric Power Station Costa RicaHydro97
11Toro II Hydroelectric Power Station Costa RicaHydro65
12La Joya Hydroelectric Power Station Costa RicaHydro50
13Penas Blancas Hydroelectric Power Plant Costa RicaHydro38
14Pailas Geothermal Power Plant Costa RicaGeothermal36
15Moin I Power Plant Costa RicaOil32
16Sandillal Hydroelectric Power Plant Costa RicaHydro32
17La Garita Hydroelectic Power Plant Costa RicaHydro30
18Miravalles III Geothermal Power Plant Costa RicaGeothermal28
19Toro I Hydroelectric Station Costa RicaHydro23
20Birris 1 Hydroelectric Power Plant Costa RicaHydro19

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