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Power plants in El Salvador

A directory of 16 power plants in El Salvador with a combined installed capacity of 1,418 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

16power plants
1,418MW total capacity
4fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (El Salvador)

Solar: 8 plants8SolarHydro: 4 plants4HydroOil: 2 plants2OilGeothermal: 2 plants2Geothermal

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

El Salvador electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

139gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
86.5%low-carbon electricity
86.5%renewables
13.5%fossil fuels
Hydro: 30 % of electricity30HydroOther Renewables: 21 % of electricity21Other Rene…Solar: 20 % of electricity20SolarOil: 14 % of electricity14OilBioenergy: 12 % of electricity12BioenergyWind: 3 % of electricity3Wind

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

Largest plants in El Salvador

#PlantFuelMW
1Acajutla Thermal Power Plant El SalvadorOil324
215 de Septiembre Hydroelectric Power Plant El SalvadorHydro180
3Cerron Grande Hydroelectric Power Plant El SalvadorHydro170
4Nejapa IC Power Plant El SalvadorOil151
5Berlin Geothermal Power Plant El SalvadorGeothermal109
6ProvidenciaSolar101
7Cinco de Noviembre Hydroelectric Power Plant El SalvadorHydro99
8Ahuachapan Geothermal Power Plant El SalvadorGeothermal95
9AntaresSolar76
10SpicaSolar25
11Los RemediosSolar20
12Guajoyo Hydroelectric Power Plant El SalvadorHydro20
13Trinidad / MarquezSolar18
14El CarmenSolar10
15La UnionSolar10
16PasaquinaSolar10

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Solar (8)Hydro (4)