Power plants in EcuadorA directory of 34 power plants in Ecuador with a combined installed capacity of 6,080 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.
Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coca Coda Sinclair | Hydro | 1,500 |
| 2 | Paute | Hydro | 1,100 |
| 3 | Sopladora II | Hydro | 487 |
| 4 | Bloque CCGN (Ecuador) power station | Gas | 400 |
| 5 | Termogas Machala 1 power station | Gas | 317 |
| 6 | Pascuales power station | Gas | 260 |
| 7 | Electroquil | Gas | 181 |
| 8 | Central Jaramijó power station | Oil | 149 |
| 9 | Gonzalo Zevallos | Gas | 146 |
| 10 | Central Termica Trinitaria | Oil | 133 |
| 11 | Esmeraldas | Oil | 132 |
| 12 | Durán power station | Oil | 120 |
| 13 | Eden Yuturi power station | Gas | 120 |
| 14 | Enrique Garcia thermal power station | Oil | 102 |
| 15 | San Juan de Manta power station | Oil | 100 |
| 16 | Esmeraldas II | Oil | 96 |
| 17 | Alvaro Tinajero | Gas | 95 |
| 18 | Santa Elena II power station | Oil | 90 |
| 19 | TPP Andes Petro power station | Oil | 76 |
| 20 | Manduriacu | Hydro | 63 |
There are 34 power plants in Ecuador in this open dataset, with about 6,080 MW of total capacity.
Coca Coda Sinclair is the largest at about 1,500 MW (hydro).
The most common plant type in this dataset is oil (14 plants), across 4 fuel types in total.
Ecuador's grid carbon intensity is about 159 gCO₂/kWh, with 79.4% 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)).
