Power plants in Cuba

A directory of 22 power plants in Cuba with a combined installed capacity of 6,551 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

22power plants
6,551MW total capacity
5fuel types
0with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Cuba)

Oil: 16 plants16OilGas: 2 plants2GasSolar: 2 plants2SolarWind: 1 plants1WindNuclear: 1 plants1Nuclear

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

Cuba electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

643gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
4.0%low-carbon electricity
4.0%renewables
96.0%fossil fuels
Oil: 82 % of electricity82OilGas: 14 % of electricity14GasBioenergy: 2 % of electricity2BioenergySolar: 1 % of electricity1SolarHydro: 1 % of electricity1HydroWind: 0 % of electricity0Wind

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

Largest plants in Cuba

#PlantFuelMW
1Juragua nuclear power plantNuclear880
2Havana TPPOil500
3Lidio Perez (felton) PowerplantOil500
4Termoeléctrica de Santa Cruz power stationOil495
5CTE Lidio Ramón Pérez power stationOil480
6Antonio Maceo (rente) PowerplantOil450
7Máximo Gómez (Mariel)Oil450
8Carlos De Cespedes PowerplantOil382
9CTE Máximo Gómez power stationOil370
10Antonio Guiteras PowerplantOil330
11Boca de JarucoGas313
12Santa CruzOil300
1310 De Octubre (nuevitas) PowerplantOil280
14Central Eléctrica Diésel Moa power stationOil184
15Eg Punta Gorda PowerplantOil174
16Varadero PowerplantGas173
17EG Mariel power stationOil147
18Powership Erol Bey power stationOil63
19EG Felton Fuel Oil power stationOil60
20GibaraWind10

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Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Cuba?

There are 22 power plants in Cuba in this open dataset, with about 6,551 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Cuba?

Juragua nuclear power plant is the largest at about 880 MW (nuclear).

What fuels generate electricity in Cuba?

The most common plant type in this dataset is oil (16 plants), across 5 fuel types in total.

How clean is Cuba's electricity grid?

Cuba's grid carbon intensity is about 643 gCO₂/kWh, with 4.0% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).