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Hydro power plants in Costa Rica

18 hydro power plants in Costa Rica, totalling 1,254 MW of installed capacity — ranked by size, from open data.

#PlantRegionMW
1Corobici (Miguel Pablo Dengo) Hydroelectric Power Plant Costa RicaGuanacaste174
2Angostura Hydroelectric Power Station Costa RicaCartago172
3Arenal Hydroelectric Power Plant Costa RicaGuanacaste158
4Pirris Hydroelectric Power Station Costa RicaSan Jose134
5Rio Macho Hydroelectic Power Plant Costa RicaCartago120
6Cachi Hydroelectric Power Station Costa RicaCartago102
7Ventanas-Garita Hydroelectric Power Station Costa RicaAlajuela97
8Toro II Hydroelectric Power Station Costa RicaAlajuela65
9La Joya Hydroelectric Power Station Costa RicaCartago50
10Penas Blancas Hydroelectric Power Plant Costa RicaAlajuela38
11Sandillal Hydroelectric Power Plant Costa RicaGuanacaste32
12La Garita Hydroelectic Power Plant Costa RicaAlajuela30
13Toro I Hydroelectric Station Costa RicaAlajuela23
14Birris 1 Hydroelectric Power Plant Costa RicaCartago19
15Rio Volcan Hydroelectric Plant Costa RicaHeredia17
16Don Pedro Hydroelectric Power Plant Costa RicaHeredia14
17Alberto Echandi Hydroelectric Station Costa RicaAlajuela5
18Birris 3 Hydroelectric Power Plant Costa RicaCartago4

WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Lifecycle and source reconciliation

This page contains 18 positive-capacity records totalling 1,253.6 MW. Lifecycle labels, capacity scope and capacity-quality provenance are kept separate so a source-backed capacity is not mistaken for a verified operating status.

10records with a resolvable source link
8records without a retained record-level link

Lifecycle labels in this page slice

StatusRecords
Not Reported6
Operating12

Capacity provenance quality

Quality labelRecords
current source verified gem operating units 20261
legacy source record not current verified8
source verified gem tracker location 20269

Unknown upstream labels remain unclassified; they are never guessed. Download the exact records used here: CSV · JSON with limitations.